Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upregulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
up-reg-u-late
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation

Etymology

From up- + regulate.

Inflected Forms

upregulates (present, singular) upregulating (participle, present) upregulated (participle, past) upregulated (past) up-regulate (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

upregulation

Antonyms

downregulate

Questions

What does upregulate mean?
To increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation
Where does upregulate come from?
From up- + regulate.

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