Lexic.us

Definition of Inactivation

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

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

Definition of Inactivation

1. Noun. the process of rendering something inactive ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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

inaccuracy inaccurate inaccurately inaccurateness inacquaintance inacquiescent inaction inactions inactivate inactivated

inactivated polio vaccine inactivated poliovirus vaccine inactivated serum inactivates inactivating inactivation (current term) inactivations inactivator inactivators inactive

inactive mutant inactive repressor inactive tuberculosis inactively inactiveness inactivities inactivity inactose inactuate inactuated

Literary usage of Inactivation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"Although they are separate processes, N-type and C-type inactivation are not ... The persistence of C-type inactivation in channels that have been mutated ..."

2. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"inactivation Vessels used for large-scale production are typically steam ... inactivation, in this context, is therefore an interim action that is to be ..."

3. Blood Supply: Transfusion-Associated Risks by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"Promising advances in the inactivation of viruses for plasma have been ... Research on the viral inactivation of cellular components of blood has been more ..."

4. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"One of the many factors which must be taken into consideration in any experiments with enzymes is the possible inactivation of the enzyme during the course ..."

5. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by Oecd, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, OECD Staff (2003)
"In marsupials and extra-embryonic tissues of mice the X-inactivation process is imprinted and recently, an antisense gene to Xist called ..."

6. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Relationships between Ca2+, Myosin Light Chains, and ATPase in Bovine Aortic Actomyosin: Presence of Ca2+-Requiring inactivation Factor (40677)1 JOSEPH ..."

7. Serum Diagnosis of Syphilis and Luetin Reaction: Together with the Butyric by Hideyo Noguchi (1912)
"inactivation OF THE SERUM IN RELATION TO THE SYPHILIS REACTION. IT will be recalled that the serum of patients to be tested is employed either in the fresh ..."

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