knockdowns

Noun

knockdown (countable and uncountable, plural knockdowns)

1. An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
2. An overwhelming blow.
3. (obsolete, slang, uncountable) Very strong ale or beer.
4. A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
5. The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
6. The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.

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