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demethylations

demethylations is the plural of demethylation.

Meaning of demethylation

Noun

demethylation (plural demethylations)

  1. The removal of one or more methyl groups from a molecule.
    • That imprinted genes escape demethylation is, we now know, all that stood between science and the cloning of mammals for many years.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 212

Questions about demethylations

What is demethylations the plural of?
Demethylations is the plural of demethylation.

Words near demethylations in the dictionary

  1. demethylate
  2. demethylated
  3. demethylates
  4. demethylating
  5. demethylation
  6. demethylations
  7. demethylenate
  8. demethylenation
  9. demethylenations
  10. demethylimination
  11. demethylsuberosin

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