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mismethylation

mismethylation noun: incorrect methylation (of a gene).

Noun

mismethylation (uncountable)

  1. Incorrect methylation (of a gene)

Origin of mismethylation

From mis- + methylation.

Questions about mismethylation

What does mismethylation mean?
Mismethylation means incorrect methylation (of a gene).
What part of speech is mismethylation?
Mismethylation is a noun.

Words near mismethylation in the dictionary

  1. mismeters
  2. mismethylate
  3. mismethylated
  4. mismethylates
  5. mismethylating
  6. mismethylation
  7. mismetre
  8. mismetred
  9. mismetres
  10. mismetring
  11. mismigrate

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