overactivate

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ activate.

Verb

overactivate (third-person singular simple present overactivates, present participle overactivating, simple past and past participle overactivated)

1. To activate excessively
   • 2015 July 26, Shijie Ding et al., “Redox Regulation in Cancer Stem Cells”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity‎, volume 2015, →DOI:

     PTEN mutations can lead to PIP3 accumulation and as a result overactivate the AKT pathway [ 43, 44 ].