inducible

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English induce

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ibilis

Old French -ibleder.

Middle English -ible

English -ible

English inducible

From induce + -ible.

Adjective

inducible

1. (principally, biology) Able to be activated, induced, or caused.

   inducible factor  — inducible gene  — inducible expression  — inducible protein  — inducible promoter  — inducible enzyme

2. Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.

Derived terms

• autoinducible
• chondroinducible
• inducibility
• inducibly
• noninducible
• photoinducible
• reinducible
• thermoinducible
• uninducible

Translations

Able to be induced

• French: inductible
• German: induzierbar (de)
• Italian: inducibile
• Portuguese: induzível
• Spanish: inducible

Spanish

Adjective

inducible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inducibles)

1. inducible