reactivation

Bringing back online

Reactivation is the act of making something active again after a period of dormancy or inactivity.

A virus may undergo reactivation years after initial infection.

Memberships, accounts, and military units can all be subject to reactivation: The reactivation of her gym membership cost an extra fee.

In medicine, reactivation often describes latent diseases flaring up: reactivation of tuberculosis.

revival

resurgence

Return after dormancy

restoration · rejuvenation · rekindling · resurrection · reawakening · reinvigoration · reemergence · return · recovery · renewal

biological

antibody

Protein targeting foreign substances

flare-up · remission · recurrence · T-cell · pathogen · infection · autoimmune · trigger · relapse · symptom

account

reinstatement

Return to previous position

credentials · service · renewal · expired · customer · billing · verification · unlock · status · enrollment

chemical

catalyst

Agent enabling change

substrate · enzyme · intermediate · mechanism · inhibitor · equilibrium · molecular · pathway

neurological

synapse

Nerve signal crossing point

reconsolidation · hippocampus · encoding · recall · firing · depolarization · stimulus · cognitive · engram

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activation state

reactivationdeactivation

Rendering inoperative

inactivation · shutdown · decommissioning · suspension · discontinuation

temporal sequence

reactivationinauguration

Formal beginning ceremony

initialization · commissioning · launch · inception · establishment

lifecycle stage

reactivationtermination

Act of ending something

abolition · dissolution · retirement · closure · ending

Family

reactivating, reactivations

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