Overactivate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To activate excessively

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

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

Etymology

From over- + activate.

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