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overinduction

overinduction noun: an excessive induction.

Noun

overinduction (plural overinductions)

  1. An excessive induction
    • Therefore, we hypothesize that Wnt signaling may be one of several components that maintain lin-1 expression in the VPCs before induction, such that while overexpression of ΔNTBAR-1 upregulates lin-1 expression, reduction of Wnt signaling, such as in a bar-1 ( ga80 ) mutant, does not reduce lin-1...2015 June 5, Lakshmi Gorrepati et al., “Identification of Wnt Pathway Target Genes Regulating the Division and Differentiation of Larval Seam Cells and Vulval Precursor Cells in Caenorhabditis...

Forms of overinduction

pluraloverinductions

Origin of overinduction

From over- + induction.

Questions about overinduction

What does overinduction mean?
Overinduction means an excessive induction.
What part of speech is overinduction?
Overinduction is a noun.
What is the plural of overinduction?
The plural of overinduction is overinductions.

Words near overinduction in the dictionary

  1. overindexes
  2. overindexing
  3. overindividualism
  4. overindividualistic
  5. overinduced
  6. overinduction
  7. overinductions
  8. overindulge
  9. overindulged
  10. overindulgence
  11. overindulgences

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