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Word: Inactivation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from in- + activation
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˌaktɪˈveɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɪnaktɪˈveɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the action or process of making something inactive or inoperative
Short Definition:process of making something inactive
Examples:- the selective inactivation of genes
- the X chromosome inactivation process
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