"hypermethylation" meaning in All languages combined

See hypermethylation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hypermethylations [plural]
Etymology: hyper- + methylation Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hyper|methylation}} hyper- + methylation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hypermethylation (countable and uncountable, plural hypermethylations)
  1. (genetics) an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-hypermethylation-en-noun-Bn4OIm5N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper- Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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