dysregulate
Americanverb (used with object)
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dysregulates,
present (3rd person singular)
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dysregulated,
past, past participle
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dysregulating
present participle
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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dysregulatesimple
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dysregulatessimple
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have dysregulatedperfect
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has dysregulatedperfect
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am dysregulatingprogressive
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are dysregulatingprogressive
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is dysregulatingprogressive
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have been dysregulatingperfect progressive
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has been dysregulatingperfect progressive
Past
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dysregulatedsimple
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had dysregulatedperfect
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was dysregulatingprogressive
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were dysregulatingprogressive
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had been dysregulatingperfect progressive
Future
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Those changes, Monje said, “can really powerfully dysregulate the interactions between multiple cell types, and it’s very clear that the crux of what goes wrong after cancer therapy is this same neuro-inflammation.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2022
He said after the long summer holiday, some children returned "dysregulated" and struggling to adapt to routine.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
"When Henry's dysregulated... he will lash out and he's not in control," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
"Without this protein, the signals from the cells' environment turn from whispers into screams and the cells become stressed out and dysregulated."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
"These brain injury markers are associated with dysregulated systemic innate and adaptive immune responses in the acute phase of the disease, and suggest that these may represent targets for therapy," the authors concluded.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2023
It makes sense to feel dysregulated when faced with personal and global tragedy.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Additional experiments showed that several bile amidate compounds may promote gut inflammation by dysregulating T cell function.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
Prada, who has since moved to Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and his colleagues began incrementally changing Jack’s dose until they found one that maintained the drug’s benefits without dysregulating sleep.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
The immune system: During a stressful event or period of time, stress hormones such as cortisol travel to the immune system and have various dysregulating effects.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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