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perturb

[per-turb] / pərˈtɜrb /


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Some possible treatments have looked to block the origin of the itch to relieve the sensation, Gualdani said, “but it seems if we perturb this pathway, we also perturb eventual itch relief.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Using this epigenomic editing technology, the researchers can "perturb" candidate regions to see whether any tested genomic regions can impact downstream gene expression.

From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023

"There was no physical violence or rise in thefts, but they perturb people who are from here," he says, adding: "From now on it's zero tolerance."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2022

“The very act of trapping the atom can perturb it,” Ye says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 9, 2021

The storm, and the resulting minor earth­quakes, did not perturb the meerkats in the least.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel