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hypermethylate

hypermethylate verb: to cause or undergo hypermethylation.

Verb

hypermethylate (third-person singular simple present hypermethylates, present participle hypermethylating, simple past and past participle hypermethylated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To cause or undergo hypermethylation.

Forms of hypermethylate

third-person singular presenthypermethylates
present participlehypermethylating
past participlehypermethylated
pasthypermethylated

Origin of hypermethylate

From hyper- + methylate.

Questions about hypermethylate

What does hypermethylate mean?
Hypermethylate means to cause or undergo hypermethylation.
What part of speech is hypermethylate?
Hypermethylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of hypermethylate?
The past tense of hypermethylate is hypermethylated.

Words near hypermethylate in the dictionary

  1. hypermethioninaemias
  2. hypermethioninemia
  3. hypermethioninemias
  4. hypermethylase
  5. hypermethylases
  6. hypermethylate
  7. hypermethylated
  8. hypermethylates
  9. hypermethylating
  10. hypermethylation
  11. hypermethylations

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