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Constitutively

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con·sti·tu·tive  (knst-ttv, -ty-)
adj.
1. Making a thing what it is; essential.
2. Having power to institute, establish, or enact.
3. Of or relating to the synthesis of a protein or an enzyme at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand or the concentration of a substrate.
consti·tutive·ly adv.
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