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dyotic

dyotic adjective: causing differentiation between two states.

Adjective

dyotic (not comparable)

  1. Causing differentiation between two states.
    • In addition to the loss of neurons following the reactivation of the cell cycle in differentiated neurons, it is possible that dyotic signaling prevents normal neurogenesis from resident neural stem cells, thereby preventing replacement of neurons.2011, Craig S. Atwood, Sivan Vadakkadath Meethal, Human Embryonic Stem Cells: A Model System for Delineating the Molecular Basis of Human Embryogenesis and Aging-related Diseases, page 261
    • It presents the evidence that dyotic endocrine signals modulate the expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and related cytokines, and that these cytokines are a functionally important downstream link mediating neurodegeneration and dysfunction.2011 July, Ian A. Clark, Craig S. Atwood, “Is TNF a link between aging-related reproductive endocrine dyscrasia and Alzheimer's disease?”, in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, volume 27, number 4

Origin of dyotic

From di- + -otic.

Questions about dyotic

What does dyotic mean?
Dyotic means causing differentiation between two states.
What part of speech is dyotic?
Dyotic is an adjective.

Words near dyotic in the dictionary

  1. dyotheletism
  2. dyothelism
  3. dyothelite
  4. dyothelites
  5. dyothelitism
  6. dyotic
  7. dyotropic
  8. dyoung-dyoung
  9. dyoung-dyoungs
  10. dyphylline
  11. dypingite

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