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

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

See also: decentralised [Brit], decentralized, local

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

Encyclopedia: Localized