DEACTIVATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deactivation mean? 

• DEACTIVATION (noun)
  The noun DEACTIVATION has 2 senses:

1. breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)

2. the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

  Familiarity information: DEACTIVATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEACTIVATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deactivation; inactivation

Hypernyms ("deactivation" is a kind of...):

discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Derivation:

deactivate (remove from active military status or reassign)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deactivation; defusing

Hypernyms ("deactivation" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Antonym:

activation (making active and effective (as a bomb))

Derivation:

deactivate (make inactive)

 Context examples 

The wild-type allele, which encodes arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 protein, is involved in the activation/deactivation of arylamine and hydrazine compounds.

(NAT2*14 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 protein, is involved in the activation/deactivation of arylamine and hydrazine compounds.

(NAT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in both the activation and deactivation of xenobiotics.

(NAT2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Irofulven is more active in vitro against tumor cells of epithelial origin and is more resistant to deactivation by p53 loss and MDR1 than other alkylating agents.

(Irofulven, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 protein, plays a role in the deactivation of G protein-coupled receptors.

(GRK6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 protein, plays a role in the deactivation of G protein-coupled receptors and is involved in the regulation of cyclic AMP concentrations.

(GRK5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to cytarabine, elacytarabine shows increased cellular uptake and retention, resulting in increased activation by deoxycytidine kinase to cytarabine triphosphate, decreased deamination and deactivation by deoxycytidine deaminase, and increased inhibition of DNA synthesis.

(Elacytarabine, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this formulation of gemcitabine may be less susceptible to deamination and deactivation by deoxycytidine deaminase.

(Gemcitabine Elaidate, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to gemcitabine alone, the emulsion allows for increased oral bioavailability and decreases its susceptibility to deamination and deactivation by cytidine deaminase.

(Gemcitabine Hydrochloride Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes rhodopsin kinase protein, plays a role in the deactivation of rhodopsin.

(GRK1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)