inclusion

noun

(uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.

(countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

(countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.

(countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.

(histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.

(cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.

(mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.

(obsolete) Restriction; limitation.

Roots

claudoclus- · Latin · close, shut

Synonyms for inclusion

encompassmentn incorporationn embracementn integrationn involvementn

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Where does inclusion come from?

The word inclusion breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root clus-, from Latin claudo (“close, shut”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.