nonactivatable

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ activatable.

Adjective

nonactivatable (not comparable)

1. Not activatable.
   • 2011, James C. Carr, Timothy J. Carroll, Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Principles and Applications, page 209:

     Fig. 15.8 Comparison of imaging with MPO(Gd) and a nonactivatable analog.

   • 2012, Gary R. Strichartz, Local Anesthetics, page 77:

     Tonic block of sodium channels by many local anesthetics, a partial block that is presence in the absence of hig-frequency activation, appears to be caused by a selective action of the drug on a nonactivatable form of closed channels (COURTNEY 1975) .

   • 2017, John E. Baenziger, Jaimee A. Domville, J.P. Daniel Therien, “The Role of Cholesterol in the activation of nAChRs”, in Sterol Regulation of Ion Channels, page 104:

     In native Torpedo membranes, the nAChR exists in equilibrium between activatable resting and nonactivatable desensitized states, with the equilibrium strongly favoring the desensitized conformation (roughly 80:20 resting:desensitized) (Boyd & Cohen, 1980; Heidmann & Changeux, 1979).