dysregulate
verbEtymology From dys- + regulate.
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Biology, Natural sciences To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- What, beyond abnormal, dysregulated cell division, was the common pathophysiological mechanism underlying cancer?2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 285:
- Derived terms
- dysregulation
- Related terms
- deregulate