FACILITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does facilitation mean? 

• FACILITATION (noun)
  The noun FACILITATION has 3 senses:

1. the condition of being made easy (or easier)

2. (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential

3. act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something

  Familiarity information: FACILITATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACILITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being made easy (or easier)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

social facilitation is an adaptive condition

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

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

facilitate (make easier)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Domain category:

neurophysiology (the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system)

Derivation:

facilitate (increase the likelihood of (a response))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Derivation:

facilitate (make easier)

facilitate (be of use)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in the facilitation of natural killer cell interactions with target pathogens.

(NKTR Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes NK-tumor recognition protein, is involved in the facilitation of natural killer cells and their binding targets.

(NKTR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Nurse executives are registered nurses who are instrumental in the design, facilitation, and management of patient care in their respective organizations.

(Nurse Administrator, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5 protein, is involved in the facilitation of hepatic metastasis.

(CEACAM5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the facilitation of hepatic metastasis.

(CEACAM5 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in both the modulation of microtubule structure and facilitation of chromosome segregation during mitosis and meiosis.

(Aurora Kinase B, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein, plays a role in transcriptional regulation, facilitation of the cellular response to DNA damage, homologous recombination, and cell cycle arrest following radiation exposure.

(BRCA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Drugs from this chemical class are used for their central nervous system depressant properties including sedation, facilitation of sleep, seizure control, general anesthesia, anxiolytic, amnestic, and for detoxification from similar (cross tolerant) drugs

(Benzodiazepine, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used for occasional constipation, in pre- and postoperative treatment, and in conditions that require facilitation of defecation.

(Bisacodyl, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to an increase in chloride channel opening events, a facilitation of chloride ion conductance, membrane hyperpolarization, and eventually inhibition of the transmission of nerve signals, thereby decreasing nervous excitation.

(Lorazepam, NCI Thesaurus)