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不活化 (ふかつか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
inactivation ; deactivation
Technical term used in biology, chemistry, and medicine for rendering something inactive, such as a virus, enzyme, or toxin. Often used with する to mean 'to inactivate'.
そ
を
不ふ
活かつ
化か
する
。
The enzyme is inactivated by heat treatment.
Kanji 活 lively, resuscitation, being helped 化 change, take the form of, influence Similar words 活かっ 性せい 化か 活性化 means 'activation', the opposite process of making something active.
不ふ 活かっ 性せい 不活性 is an adjective meaning 'inactive' or 'inert', describing a state rather than the process of inactivation.
Etymology Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') + 活化 (kakka, 'activation'), from 活 (katsu, 'life, activity') + 化 (ka, '-ization'). The term is a modern technical coinage, likely influenced by English 'inactivation'.
