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dysregulation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English regulation English dysregulation From dys- + regulation.

Meanings

  1. A failure to regulate properly.
    • high-functioning dysregulation
    • For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that dysregulation of desquamatory protease activity in the SC is often involved in conditions of compromised skin barrier. 2015, Raja Sivamani, Jared R. Jagdeo, Peter Elsner, Cosmeceuticals and Active Cosmetics:

Forms

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Deriveds

immunodysregulation · neurodysregulation

Relateds

dysregulate · dysregulator · dysregulated · dysregulatory · pathogenesis