Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underactivated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-ac-ti-vat-ed
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Less than normally activated.

verb

simple past and past participle of underactivate

Example Sentences

"Putative Wnt pathway targets were selected based on the following criteria: (1) an average fold change of 1.5-fold or more in deIs10 ; huIs1 (Wnt pathway overactivation) compared to control ( N2 ); (2) present and increased calls in at least two of three biological replicates; (3) ANOVA P ≤0.05; and (4) ratio of average fold change ≥1.5-fold between Wnt pathway overactivated ( deIs10 ; huIs1 ) and underactivated ( deIs10 ; deIs26 ) conditions."

Etymology

From under- + activated.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

more underactivated (comparative) most underactivated (superlative)

Questions

What does underactivated mean?: Less than normally activated.
Where does underactivated come from?: From under- + activated.

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