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overinitiation

overinitiation noun: excessive initiation (typically of a biochemical process).

Noun

overinitiation (countable and uncountable, plural overinitiations)

  1. Excessive initiation (typically of a biochemical process)

Forms of overinitiation

pluraloverinitiations

Origin of overinitiation

From over- + initiation.

Questions about overinitiation

What does overinitiation mean?
Overinitiation means excessive initiation (typically of a biochemical process).
What part of speech is overinitiation?
Overinitiation is a noun.
What is the plural of overinitiation?
The plural of overinitiation is overinitiations.

Words near overinitiation in the dictionary

  1. overinhibition
  2. overinitiate
  3. overinitiated
  4. overinitiates
  5. overinitiating
  6. overinitiation
  7. overinitiations
  8. overink
  9. overinked
  10. overinking
  11. overinks

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