ameliorated

[ uh-meel-yuh-rey-tid, uh-mee-lee-uh- ]

adjective

1. made better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improved:

   As a nurse, her passion is to bring hope and an ameliorated quality of life to people in the midst of devastating medical challenges.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·a·mel·io·rat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ameliorated¹

ameliorate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

During animal studies, the diet-induced obesity in mice was ameliorated and adipogenesis was suppressed.

From Science Daily

Meanwhile, physical afflictions can be ameliorated via automated systems that adjust indoor conditions in response to signs of animal distress.

From Salon

That image was not ameliorated in 2016 with the release of the nearly nine-minute “White Privilege II,” an unlistenable corn-cob stab in the auditory canal doubling as a rumination on the Movement for Black Lives.

From Salon

Ten years later, this "NOVA" episode depicts his journey to live with a new AI-driven prosthetic — one of many medical and scientific engineering developments ameliorated by computational work.

From Salon

In addition to restoring kidney function, the treatment also ameliorated other clinical features of ADPKD; biomarkers for tissue inflammation and fibrosis were decreased in the treated mice compared to the control animals.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• enhanced
• revised
• upgraded