adj.confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain

Tethered chains in polymer microstructures
Pathophysiology of tethered cord syndrome. J Neurosurg
Rheology of End-Tethered Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites
Tethered-TGF-beta increases extracellular matrix production of vascular smooth muscle cells.
Structure and function of the cell surface (tethered) mucins.
Tethered ligand agonist peptides. Structural requirements for thrombin receptor activation reveal mechanism of proteolytic unmasking...
Tethered polymer-supported planar lipid bilayers for reconstitution of integral membrane proteins: silane-polyethyleneglycol-lipid a...
Synthesis and Dielectric Properties of Polyimide-Tethered Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Nanocomposites via POSS-diamine
Observation of Hybridization and Dehybridization of Thiol-Tethered DNA Using Two-Color Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy
Thrombin receptor activation. Confirmation of the intramolecular tethered liganding hypothesis and discovery of an alternative inter...