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suppressor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun suppressor has 3 senses
- suppressor(n = noun.person) suppresser - someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech" is a kind of controller, restrainer
- suppressor(n = noun.body) suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor gene - a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene); Array is a kind of cistron, factor, gene
- suppressor(n = noun.artifact) suppresser - an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents; Array is a kind of electrical device
Derived form verb suppress1
has particulars: tumor suppressor gene
has particulars: lightning arrester, spike arrester, spike suppressor, surge protector, surge suppressor
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