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heteroactivation

heteroactivation noun: activation of a drug or hormone by a different class of substance.

Noun

heteroactivation (uncountable)

  1. activation of a drug or hormone by a different class of substance

Origin of heteroactivation

From hetero- + activation.

Questions about heteroactivation

What does heteroactivation mean?
Heteroactivation means activation of a drug or hormone by a different class of substance.
What part of speech is heteroactivation?
Heteroactivation is a noun.

Words near heteroactivation in the dictionary

  1. hetero-marriage
  2. hetero-oligomerisation
  3. hetero-oligomerization
  4. hetero-supremacy
  5. heteroactivate
  6. heteroactivation
  7. heteroaddition
  8. heteroadditions
  9. heteroadditive
  10. heteroadditivity
  11. heteroadministered

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