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overexpress

overexpress verb: to artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.

Verb

overexpress (third-person singular simple present overexpresses, present participle overexpressing, simple past and past participle overexpressed)

  1. (transitive) To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.
    Antonyms:
    underexpress

Antonyms of overexpress

Forms of overexpress

third-person singular presentoverexpresses
present participleoverexpressing
past participleoverexpressed
pastoverexpressed

Origin of overexpress

From over- + express.

Questions about overexpress

What does overexpress mean?
Overexpress means to artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.
What part of speech is overexpress?
Overexpress is a verb.
What is the past tense of overexpress?
The past tense of overexpress is overexpressed.

Words near overexpress in the dictionary

  1. overexposed
  2. overexposes
  3. overexposing
  4. overexposure
  5. overexposures
  6. overexpress
  7. overexpressed
  8. overexpresser
  9. overexpressers
  10. overexpresses
  11. overexpressing

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