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hypofunctional

hypofunctional adjective: having a decreased function (especially of an endocrine gland).

Adjective

hypofunctional (not comparable)

  1. Having a decreased function (especially of an endocrine gland)
    • Support for the hypofunctional (as opposed to activated) microglia model is largely based on morphological examination of IBA1-stained microglia in autopsy samples from aged humans [ 29 – 32 ], as currently there are no specific markers that recognize only degenerating/dystrophic microglia.2015 May 23, Adam D. Bachstetter et al., “Disease-related microglia heterogeneity in the hippocampus of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and hippocampal sclerosis of aging”, in Acta...

Origin of hypofunctional

From hypo- + functional.

Questions about hypofunctional

What does hypofunctional mean?
Hypofunctional means having a decreased function (especially of an endocrine gland).
What part of speech is hypofunctional?
Hypofunctional is an adjective.

Words near hypofunctional in the dictionary

  1. hypofractions
  2. hypofrontal
  3. hypofrontality
  4. hypofucosylated
  5. hypofunction
  6. hypofunctional
  7. hypofunctionality
  8. hypofunctioning
  9. hypofunctions
  10. hypofusion
  11. hypogaea

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