"methylation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmɛθɪˈleɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-methylation.wav Forms: methylations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From methyl + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|methyl|ation}} methyl + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} methylation (countable and uncountable, plural methylations)
  1. (chemistry) The addition of a methyl group to a molecule. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-methylation-en-noun-LmI0zRoI Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (genetics) The addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ethylation, methylate Translations (addition of a methyl group): metilació [feminine] (Catalan), 甲基化 (jiǎjīhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), méthylation [feminine] (French), მეთილირება (metilireba) (Georgian), Methylierung [feminine] (German), מתילציה (Hebrew), metilasi (Indonesian), metilazione [feminine] (Italian), メチル化 (mechiruka) (alt: メチルか) (Japanese), метилдеу (metildeu) (Kazakh), 메틸화 (metilhwa) (Korean), pemetilan (Malay), metylacja (Polish), metilação (Portuguese), метилирование (metilirovanije) (Russian), metilación (Spanish), میثائلیت (Urdu)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "metilhwa",
      "sense": "addition of a methyl group",
      "word": "메틸화"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "addition of a methyl group",
      "word": "pemetilan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "addition of a methyl group",
      "word": "metylacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "addition of a methyl group",
      "word": "metilação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metilirovanije",
      "sense": "addition of a methyl group",
      "word": "метилирование"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "addition of a methyl group",
      "word": "metilación"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "addition of a methyl group",
      "word": "میثائلیت"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "methylation"
  ],
  "word": "methylation"
}

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