Definition of Inactivation

1. Noun. The process of rendering inactive. "Thermal inactivation of serum samples"

Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Antonyms: Activation
Derivative terms: Inactivate

2. Noun. Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges).

Definition of Inactivation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inactivation

1. For example of voltage gated sodium channels: process by which sodium channels that have been activated or opened by depolarisation subsequently close during the depolarisation. Distinguished from activation by its slower kinetics. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inactivation

inaccurately
Inachis
Inachis io
inaction
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inactivated
inactivated poliovirus vaccine
inactivated polio vaccine
inactivated serum
inactivates
inactivating
inactivation (current term)
inactivation (current term)
inactivations
inactive
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inactively
inactiveness
inactive mutant
inactive repressor
inactive tuberculosis
inactivities
inactivity
inactose
inadequacies
inadequacy
inadequate

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