As a verb regulate
is to dictate policy.
As an adjective immunomodulatory is
(medical) having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
regulate English
Verb
( regulat)
To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
* Macaulay
- the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
* Bancroft
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
- to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
To put or maintain in order.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
Derived terms
* deregulate
* downregulate
* upregulate
Related terms
* rule
* ruler
* regulation
* regulator
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immunomodulatory English
Adjective
( en adjective)
(medical) Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
References
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