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derepress

derepress verb: to activate a gene by the removal of a repressor.

Verb

derepress (third-person singular simple present derepresses, present participle derepressing, simple past and past participle derepressed)

  1. To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor
  2. To cease to repress (a belief, memory, etc.).

Forms of derepress

third-person singular presentderepresses
present participlederepressing
past participlederepressed
pastderepressed

Origin of derepress

From de- + repress.

Questions about derepress

What does derepress mean?
Derepress means to activate a gene by the removal of a repressor.
What part of speech is derepress?
Derepress is a verb.
What is the past tense of derepress?
The past tense of derepress is derepressed.

Words near derepress in the dictionary

  1. dereplicated
  2. dereplicates
  3. dereplicating
  4. dereplication
  5. dereplications
  6. derepress
  7. derepressed
  8. derepresses
  9. derepressible
  10. derepressing
  11. derepression

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