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hyposensitive

hyposensitive adjective: having abnormally low sensitivity.

Adjective

hyposensitive (comparative more hyposensitive, superlative most hyposensitive)

  1. Having abnormally low sensitivity.
    • Compared to controls, larval EcR mutants were hyposensitive to both thermal (Fig 2A) and mechanical (Fig 3A) stimulation.2015 October 24, “Steroid Receptor Isoform Expression in Drosophila Nociceptor Neurons Is Required for Normal Dendritic Arbor and Sensitivity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hyposensitive

comparativemore hyposensitive
superlativemost hyposensitive

Origin of hyposensitive

From hypo- + sensitive.

Questions about hyposensitive

What does hyposensitive mean?
Hyposensitive means having abnormally low sensitivity.
What part of speech is hyposensitive?
Hyposensitive is an adjective.

Words near hyposensitive in the dictionary

  1. hyposensitisations
  2. hyposensitise
  3. hyposensitised
  4. hyposensitises
  5. hyposensitising
  6. hyposensitive
  7. hyposensitivities
  8. hyposensitivity
  9. hyposensitization
  10. hyposensitizations
  11. hyposensitize

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