hypofunctional

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ functional.

Adjective

hypofunctional (not comparable)

1. Having a decreased function (especially of an endocrine gland)
   • 2015 May 23, Adam D. Bachstetter et al., “Disease-related microglia heterogeneity in the hippocampus of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and hippocampal sclerosis of aging”, in Acta Neuropathologica Communications‎, volume 3, →DOI:

     Support for the hypofunctional (as opposed to activated) microglia model is largely based on morphological examination of IBA1-stained microglia in autopsy samples from aged humans [ 29 – 32 ], as currently there are no specific markers that recognize only degenerating/dystrophic microglia.

Related terms

• hypofunctionality