underactivated

English

Etymology

under- +‎ activated

Adjective

underactivated (comparative more underactivated, superlative most underactivated)

1. Less than normally activated
   • 2015 June 5, Lakshmi Gorrepati et al., “Identification of Wnt Pathway Target Genes Regulating the Division and Differentiation of Larval Seam Cells and Vulval Precursor Cells in Caenorhabditis elegans”, in G3: Genes‎^[1], volume 5, →DOI:

     Putative Wnt pathway targets were selected based on the following criteria: (1) an average fold change of 1.5-fold or more in deIs10 ; huIs1 (Wnt pathway overactivation) compared to control ( N2 ); (2) present and increased calls in at least two of three biological replicates; (3) ANOVA P ≤0.05; and (4) ratio of average fold change ≥1.5-fold between Wnt pathway overactivated ( deIs10 ; huIs1 ) and underactivated ( deIs10 ; deIs26 ) conditions.

Verb

underactivated

1. simple past and past participle of underactivate