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hypoactivation

hypoactivation noun: less than normal activation.

Noun

hypoactivation (countable and uncountable, plural hypoactivations)

  1. Less than normal activation
    • As indicated by fMRI, during facial emotional categorization young females with major depressive disorder, MDD, exhibit hyperactivation, whereas young males display hypoactivation in the precuneous brain area [65 ].2015 July 9, “Face-n-Food: Gender Differences in Tuning to Faces”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hypoactivation

pluralhypoactivations

Origin of hypoactivation

From hypo- + activation.

Questions about hypoactivation

What does hypoactivation mean?
Hypoactivation means less than normal activation.
What part of speech is hypoactivation?
Hypoactivation is a noun.
What is the plural of hypoactivation?
The plural of hypoactivation is hypoactivations.

Words near hypoactivation in the dictionary

  1. hypoacidity
  2. hypoactivate
  3. hypoactivated
  4. hypoactivates
  5. hypoactivating
  6. hypoactivation
  7. hypoactivations
  8. hypoactive
  9. hypoactivities
  10. hypoactivity
  11. hypoacusis

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