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dysregulating

dysregulating is the present participle and gerund of dysregulate.

Meaning of dysregulate

Verb

dysregulate (third-person singular simple present dysregulates, present participle dysregulating, simple past and past participle dysregulated)

  1. To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
    • What, beyond abnormal, dysregulated cell division, was the common pathophysiological mechanism underlying cancer?2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 285

Questions about dysregulating

What is dysregulating the present participle and gerund of?
Dysregulating is the present participle and gerund of dysregulate.

Words near dysregulating in the dictionary

  1. dysreflexias
  2. dysreflexic
  3. dysregulate
  4. dysregulated
  5. dysregulates
  6. dysregulating
  7. dysregulation
  8. dysregulations
  9. dysregulator
  10. dysregulators
  11. dysregulatory

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