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bioactivation

bioactivation noun: the metabolic activation of xenobiotic compounds into reactive, toxic compounds.

Noun

bioactivation (uncountable)

  1. The metabolic activation of xenobiotic compounds into reactive, toxic compounds

Origin of bioactivation

From bio- + activation.

Questions about bioactivation

What does bioactivation mean?
Bioactivation means the metabolic activation of xenobiotic compounds into reactive, toxic compounds.
What part of speech is bioactivation?
Bioactivation is a noun.

Words near bioactivation in the dictionary

  1. bioactivatable
  2. bioactivate
  3. bioactivated
  4. bioactivates
  5. bioactivating
  6. bioactivation
  7. bioactivator
  8. bioactivators
  9. bioactive
  10. bioactively
  11. bioactives

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