suppressor

noun

an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents

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

someone who suppresses

Roots

subsup- · Latin · down, under premerepress- · Latin · to press or-or · Latin · agent that does

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