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heterologous desensitization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
het-erol-o-gous de-sen-si-ti-za-tion
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
9
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unresponsiveness of cells to one or more agonists to which they are normally responsive.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

heterologous desensitizations (plural)

Questions

What does heterologous desensitization mean?
The unresponsiveness of cells to one or more agonists to which they are normally responsive.

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