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cross-inhibition

cross-inhibition noun: the process where one pathway suppresses the activity of another, often through inhibitory signaling.

Noun

cross-inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural cross-inhibitions)

  1. The process where one pathway suppresses the activity of another, often through inhibitory signaling.

Forms of cross-inhibition

pluralcross-inhibitions

Questions about cross-inhibition

What does cross-inhibition mean?
Cross-inhibition means the process where one pathway suppresses the activity of another, often through inhibitory signaling.
What part of speech is cross-inhibition?
Cross-inhibition is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-inhibition?
The plural of cross-inhibition is cross-inhibitions.

Words near cross-inhibition in the dictionary

  1. cross-infected
  2. cross-infecting
  3. cross-infection
  4. cross-infections
  5. cross-infects
  6. cross-inhibition
  7. cross-inhibitory
  8. cross-interrogate
  9. cross-interrogated
  10. cross-interrogates
  11. cross-interrogating

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