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SUPPRESSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suppresser mean? 

SUPPRESSER (noun)
  The noun SUPPRESSER has 3 senses:

1. someone who suppressesplay

2. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)play

3. an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currentsplay

  Familiarity information: SUPPRESSER used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUPPRESSER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who suppresses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

suppresser; suppressor

Context example:

dictators are suppressors of free speech

Hypernyms ("suppresser" is a kind of...):

controller; restrainer (a person who directs and restrains)

Derivation:

suppress (bring under control by force or authority)

suppress (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

suppresser; suppresser gene; suppressor; suppressor gene

Hypernyms ("suppresser" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suppresser"):

tumor suppressor gene (a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division)


Sense 3

Meaning:

An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

suppresser; suppressor

Hypernyms ("suppresser" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suppresser"):

lightning arrester; spike arrester; spike suppressor; surge protector; surge suppressor (electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current)

Derivation:

suppress (bring under control by force or authority)


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