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derepressed

derepressed is the simple past and past participle of derepress.

Meaning of derepress

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.).

Adjective

derepressed (comparative more derepressed, superlative most derepressed)

  1. activated by the removal of a repressor

Forms of derepressed

comparativemore derepressed
superlativemost derepressed

Questions about derepressed

What does derepressed mean?
Derepressed means activated by the removal of a repressor.
What is derepressed the simple past and past participle of?
Derepressed is the simple past and past participle of derepress.
What part of speech is derepressed?
Derepressed is an adjective.

Words near derepressed in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: derepressed (page history and authors); derepress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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