Main Entry: in·volve

Pronunciation: \in-ˈvälv, -ˈvȯlv also -ˈväv or -ˈvȯv\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): in·volved; in·volv·ing

: to affect with a disease or condition : include in an area of damage, trauma, or insult <all the bones of the skull were involved in the proliferative process> <herpes involved the trigeminal nerve> <severely involved patients were isolated> <lacerations involved the muscles>