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upregulate

upregulate verb: to increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation.

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

Antonyms of upregulate

Forms of upregulate

third-person singular presentupregulates
present participleupregulating
past participleupregulated
pastupregulated
alternative formup-regulate

Origin of upregulate

From up- + regulate.

Questions about upregulate

What does upregulate mean?
Upregulate means to increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation.
What part of speech is upregulate?
Upregulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of upregulate?
The past tense of upregulate is upregulated.

Words near upregulate in the dictionary

  1. uprear
  2. upreared
  3. uprearing
  4. uprears
  5. upregulatable
  6. upregulate
  7. upregulated
  8. upregulates
  9. upregulating
  10. upregulation
  11. upregulations

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