underactivates
underactivates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underactivate.
Meaning of underactivate
Verb
underactivate (third-person singular simple present underactivates, present participle underactivating, simple past and past participle underactivated)
- To produce insufficient levels of activation.
- Wood and Flowers (1999) demonstrated with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) that the same brain regions that underactivate in dyslexia also underactivate in the inattentive subtype of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.2001 -, Que Ida, Annals of Dyslexia 2001, →ISBN, page 37
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- What is underactivates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Underactivates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underactivate.
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