attenuated
adjective
at·ten·u·at·ed
| \ ə-ˈten-yə-ˌwā-təd
, -yü-ˌā-təd\
, -yü-ˌā-təd\
Definition of attenuated
1
: lessened or weakened (as in amount, force, or magnitude)
"It wasn't that there was less effect, or an attenuated effect. There was no effect at all."— Roger Simon … people who are not, even in Facebook's attenuated sense of the word, your "friends" …— Robert Wright But I am aware that my connection to Russia is an attenuated connection. I do not know Russian or Russia as well as my parents did.— Keith Gessen The attenuated [radio] signals from Phoenix and LA were too scratchy to enjoy.— A. E. Maxwell
2
medical
: being or containing a pathogenic agent that has been altered to be of greatly reduced virulence
Measles vaccines are just that, weakened (or attenuated) measles viruses.— Ann Finkbeiner et al. Influenza viruses for both the inactivated and live attenuated influenza vaccines are initially grown in embryonated hens' eggs. — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3
: long and slender from or as if from having been stretched
Glass artist Lino Tagliapietra, who is widely known for his elegant, attenuated glass vessels …— Steven Litt … the glamorous women … appear impossibly graceful with their attenuated figures, long necks, and slender arms.— Stephanie L. Herdrich
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