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overactivating

overactivating is the present participle and gerund of overactivate.

Meaning of overactivate

Verb

overactivate (third-person singular simple present overactivates, present participle overactivating, simple past and past participle overactivated)

  1. To activate excessively
    • PTEN mutations can lead to PIP3 accumulation and as a result overactivate the AKT pathway [ 43, 44 ].2015 July 26, Shijie Ding et al., “Redox Regulation in Cancer Stem Cells”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI

Questions about overactivating

What is overactivating the present participle and gerund of?
Overactivating is the present participle and gerund of overactivate.

Words near overactivating in the dictionary

  1. overaction
  2. overactions
  3. overactivate
  4. overactivated
  5. overactivates
  6. overactivating
  7. overactivation
  8. overactivations
  9. overactive
  10. overactive bladder
  11. overactive bladders

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