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Definitions

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  • noun Deprivation of power or potency.

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  • noun biochemistry The action of a substance that reduces the effect of another substance

Etymologies

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de- +‎ potentiation

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Examples

  • In the Man-Christ they see a kenosis and a real depotentiation of the Word; in the world the purely Divine Word carries the work of mediator and revealer.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • The depotentiation of the Christian religion, where one may believe in the inspiration of another, but no longer feels his own, nay, dare not feel it, is not altogether coincident with its settlement on Greek soil.

    History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • The depotentiation to which Christianity was here subjected appears still more plainly in the facts, that the Christian hopes were deadened, that the secularising of the Christian life was tolerated and even legitimised, and that the manifestations of an unconditional devotion to the heavenly excited suspicion or were compelled to confine themselves to very narrow limits.

    History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • Qin Y, McCormack SG, Kim MJ, et al. (2005) Rap2-JNK removes synaptic AMPA receptors during depotentiation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • This kind of reversal of synaptic strength is termed as depotentiation and may have a function to increase the flexibility and storage capacity of neuronal networks.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Chiung-Chun Huang and Kuei-Sen H Ying-Ching Liang 2008

  • In agreement with electrophysiological observation, both LFS - and CPA-induced depotentiation are associated with an increase in p38 MAPK activation, which are blocked by DPCPX or SB203580 application.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Chiung-Chun Huang and Kuei-Sen H Ying-Ching Liang 2008

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