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antiatrophic

antiatrophic adjective: inhibiting atrophy.

Adjective

antiatrophic (not comparable)

  1. Inhibiting atrophy.
    • The antiatrophic effect of magnolol may be associated with inhibition of myostatin and activin A formation, as well as FoxO3 transcriptional activity resulting from Akt activation, thereby suppressing ubiquitin ligases MuRF-1 and MAFbx/atrogin-1 expression, as well as proteasomal enzyme activity.2015 November 25, “Supplementation of Magnolol Attenuates Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Bladder Cancer-Bearing Mice Undergoing Chemotherapy via Suppression of FoxO3 Activation and Induction of IGF-1”...

Origin of antiatrophic

From anti- + atrophic.

Questions about antiatrophic

What does antiatrophic mean?
Antiatrophic means inhibiting atrophy.
What part of speech is antiatrophic?
Antiatrophic is an adjective.

Words near antiatrophic in the dictionary

  1. antiathletic
  2. antiatom
  3. antiatomic
  4. antiatoms
  5. antiatonement
  6. antiatrophic
  7. antiattrition
  8. antiausterity
  9. antiauteurist
  10. antiauthoritarian
  11. antiauthoritarianism

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