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underprenylate

underprenylate verb: to prenylate insufficiently.

Verb

underprenylate (third-person singular simple present underprenylates, present participle underprenylating, simple past and past participle underprenylated)

  1. To prenylate insufficiently

Forms of underprenylate

third-person singular presentunderprenylates
present participleunderprenylating
past participleunderprenylated
pastunderprenylated

Origin of underprenylate

From under- + prenylate.

Questions about underprenylate

What does underprenylate mean?
Underprenylate means to prenylate insufficiently.
What part of speech is underprenylate?
Underprenylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underprenylate?
The past tense of underprenylate is underprenylated.

Words near underprenylate in the dictionary

  1. underpredictor
  2. underpredictors
  3. underpredicts
  4. underprefect
  5. underprefects
  6. underprenylate
  7. underprenylated
  8. underprenylation
  9. underpreparation
  10. underprepared
  11. underpreparedness

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