DEREGULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deregulation mean? 

• DEREGULATION (noun)
  The noun DEREGULATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

  Familiarity information: DEREGULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEREGULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deregulating; deregulation

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

freeing; liberation; release (the act of liberating someone or something)

Derivation:

deregulate (lift the regulations on)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes multiple copies in a T-cell malignancy protein, plays a role in cell cycle deregulation, inhibition of apoptosis and promotion of angiogenesis.

(MCTS1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of non-neoplastic and neoplastic disorders resulting from the deregulation and/or deficiency of immune system functions.

(Immune System and Related Disorders, NCI Thesaurus)

Overexpression of CDK4/6, as seen in certain types of cancer, causes cell cycle deregulation.

(CDK4/6 Inhibitor LEE011, NCI Thesaurus)

Overexpression of the serine/threonine kinases CDK4/6, as seen in certain types of cancer, causes cell cycle deregulation.

(CDK4/6 Dual Inhibitor LY2835219, NCI Thesaurus)

The deregulation of beta-catenin is an apparent important event in the genesis of a number of malignancies.

(Axin 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Deregulation of HDAC3 gene expression is associated with colon cancer.

(HDAC3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)