Term Name: negative regulation of response to external stimulus
Synonyms: down regulation of response to external stimulus, down-regulation of response to external stimulus, downregulation of response to external stimulus, inhibition of response to external stimulus
Definition: Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of a response to an external stimulus.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0032102]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biological regulation negative regulation of response to stimulus regulation of response to external stimulus
has subtype: negative regulation of antimicrobial humoral response negative regulation of axon regeneration negative regulation of chemokinesis negative regulation of chemotaxis negative regulation of defense response to bacterium negative regulation of defense response to insect negative regulation of defense response to oomycetes negative regulation of defense response to virus negative regulation of detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of touch negative regulation of inflammatory response negative regulation of innate immune response negative regulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway negative regulation of mechanosensory behavior negative regulation of neutrophil mediated killing of symbiont cell negative regulation of opsin-mediated signaling pathway negative regulation of systemic acquired resistance negative regulation of wound healing negative regulation of xenophagy prepulse inhibition
negatively regulates: response to external stimulus