See Also: constitutive(medicine)
constitutive(dictionary)
constitutive enzyme(medicine)
constitutive gene(medicine)
constitutive heterochromatin(medicine)
constitutive mutant(medicine)

constitutive (iou)



constitutive adjective. L16.
[Late Latin constitutivus confirmatory, defining, formed as CONSTITUTE verb: see -IVE.]
Having the power of constituting; giving formal or definite existence or expression to something. L16.
B. Brown The great constitutive ideas which have moulded powerfully the institutions of society. W. Noll Constitutive equations defining the particular ideal material we wish to study.
= CONSTITUTIONAL adjective 3. E17.
Forming a part; constituent. M17.
With of: that constitutes. M17.
Biochemistry. Designating or pertaining to an enzyme which is continuously produced in an organism rather than depending on the presence of an inducer. M20.
constitutively adverb M17.
constitutiveness noun (rare) L17.
,constitu'tivity noun (Biochemistry) the property of being constitutive (sense 5) M20.