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1. (medicine) confined or restricted to a particular location
   "the localised infection formed a definite abscess";
   - localized
    
2. Made local or oriented locally
   "a decentralized and localised political authority";
   - localized

1. Identify the location or place of
   "We localised the source of the infection";
   - place, localize
    
2. Concentrate on a particular place or spot
   "The infection has localised in the left eye";
   - localize, focalize, focalise [Brit]
    
3. Restrict something to a particular area
   - localize
    
4. Locate
   - set, localize, place

See also: decentralised [Brit], decentralized, local

Type of: control, lie, locate, present, represent, restrict, situate, stage

Encyclopedia: Localised