overactivate

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.

  1. derived from actifbor
  2. derived from āctīvusbor

Definitions

  1. To activate excessively

    • PTEN mutations can lead to PIP3 accumulation and as a result overactivate the AKT pathway [ 43, 44 ].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overactivate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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