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autoinduce

autoinduce verb: to induce its own production.

Verb

autoinduce (third-person singular simple present autoinduces, present participle autoinducing, simple past and past participle autoinduced)

  1. To induce its own production
    • In this scenario, local release of IL-1 β could autoinduce its own production through autocrine stimulation and further attract additional immune cells into the islet microenvironment.2015 July 14, Kevin Noel Keane et al., “Molecular Events Linking Oxidative Stress and Inflammation to Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Dysfunction”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume...

Forms of autoinduce

third-person singular presentautoinduces
present participleautoinducing
past participleautoinduced
pastautoinduced

Origin of autoinduce

From auto- + induce.

Questions about autoinduce

What does autoinduce mean?
Autoinduce means to induce its own production.
What part of speech is autoinduce?
Autoinduce is a verb.
What is the past tense of autoinduce?
The past tense of autoinduce is autoinduced.

Words near autoinduce in the dictionary

  1. autoincremented
  2. autoincrementing
  3. autoincrements
  4. autoindexed
  5. autoindexing
  6. autoinduce
  7. autoinduced
  8. autoinducer
  9. autoinducers
  10. autoinduces
  11. autoinducible

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