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hypoexcitable

hypoexcitable adjective: less than normally excitable.

Adjective

hypoexcitable (not comparable)

  1. Less than normally excitable
    • In the trigeminal motor nucleus of SOD1 mice for example, a subset of slow type MNs exhibits a hypoexcitable shift in rheobase compared to wild type MNs. In contrast, other slow type MNs undergo a hyperexcitable shift in rheobase similar to fast type MNs [42 ].2015 August 26, “Age-Related Changes in Pre- and Postsynaptic Partners of the Cholinergic C-Boutons in Wild-Type and SOD1 G93A Lumbar Motoneurons”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hypoexcitable

From hypo- + excitable.

Questions about hypoexcitable

What does hypoexcitable mean?
Hypoexcitable means less than normally excitable.
What part of speech is hypoexcitable?
Hypoexcitable is an adjective.

Words near hypoexcitable in the dictionary

  1. hypoestrogenism
  2. hypoeutectic
  3. hypoeutectoid
  4. hypoeutectoids
  5. hypoexcitability
  6. hypoexcitable
  7. hypoexcitation
  8. hypoexponential
  9. hypoexponentially
  10. hypoexpressed
  11. hypoexpression

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