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up-regulate

up-regulate is the alternative spelling of upregulate.

Meaning of upregulate

Verb

upregulate (third-person singular simple present upregulates, present participle upregulating, simple past and past participle upregulated)

  1. To increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation

Forms of up-regulate

third-person singular presentup-regulates
present participleup-regulating
past participleup-regulated
pastup-regulated

Questions about up-regulate

What is up-regulate the alternative spelling of?
Up-regulate is the alternative spelling of upregulate.

Words near up-regulate in the dictionary

  1. up-plow
  2. up-plows
  3. up-pulled
  4. up-putting
  5. up-puttings
  6. up-regulate
  7. up-regulated
  8. up-regulates
  9. up-regulating
  10. up-regulation
  11. up-stairs

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