undercarboxylated

adjective

Inadequately carboxylated.

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Meanings

adjectiveundercarboxylated (comparative more undercarboxylated, superlative most undercarboxylated)

comparative more undercarboxylated · superlative most undercarboxylated

  1. Inadequately carboxylated.

    Because circulating undercarboxylated (Glu-OCN) can act directly on pancreatic β -cells to stimulate insulin secretion [ 20, 55 – 57 ], it would be expected that a reduction in Glu-OCN would lead to a decrease in insulin secretion.

    2015 June 3, Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy et al., “A Comparative Study of the Metabolic and Skeletal Response of C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N Mice in a Diet-Induced Model of Type 2 Diabetes”, in Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From under- + carboxylated.

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