inactivation
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breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
the process of rendering inactive
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the gene inactivation system
thermal inactivation of serum samples
Acetylcholine itself does not have therapeutic value as a drug for intravenous administration because of its multi-faceted action and rapid inactivation by cholinesterase.
An example of facultative heterochromatin is X chromosome inactivation in female mammals: one X chromosome is packaged as facultative heterochromatin and silenced, while the other X chromosome is packaged as euchromatin and expressed.
Approximately 25% of the shipyard's workload involves inactivation, reactor compartment disposal, and recycling of ships.
Color blindness involving the inactivation of the short-wavelength sensitive cone system (whose absorption spectrum peaks in the bluish-violet) is called tritanopia or, loosely, blue–yellow color blindness.