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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overactivate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate English overactivate From over- + activate.

Meanings

  1. To activate excessively
    • PTEN mutations can lead to PIP3 accumulation and as a result overactivate the AKT pathway [ 43, 44 ]. 2015 July 26, Shijie Ding et al., “Redox Regulation in Cancer Stem Cells”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:

Forms

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overactivated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overactivated Tense=Past lexicographic
overactivating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overactivates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic