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hypermethylation

hypermethylation noun: an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA.

Noun

hypermethylation (countable and uncountable, plural hypermethylations)

  1. an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA.

Antonyms of hypermethylation

Forms of hypermethylation

pluralhypermethylations

Origin of hypermethylation

From hyper- + methylation.

Questions about hypermethylation

What does hypermethylation mean?
Hypermethylation means an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA.
What part of speech is hypermethylation?
Hypermethylation is a noun.
What is the plural of hypermethylation?
The plural of hypermethylation is hypermethylations.

Words near hypermethylation in the dictionary

  1. hypermethylases
  2. hypermethylate
  3. hypermethylated
  4. hypermethylates
  5. hypermethylating
  6. hypermethylation
  7. hypermethylations
  8. hypermethylator
  9. hypermethylators
  10. hypermethylome
  11. hypermethylomes

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