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Definition of Suppressor

1. Noun. Someone who suppresses. "Dictators are suppressors of free speech"

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

3. Noun. An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents.

Definition of Suppressor

1. n. One who suppresses.

Definition of Suppressor

1. Noun. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device. ¹

2. Noun. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant. ¹

3. Noun. A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suppressor

1. one that suppresses [n -S] - See also: suppresses

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suppressor

suppressants suppressed suppresser suppresser gene suppresses suppresseth suppressibility suppressible suppressing suppressio veri

suppression suppressions suppressive suppressive fire suppressiveness suppressor (current term) suppressor gene suppressors supprest supprise

supprised supprises supprising suppurate suppurated suppurates suppurating suppurating sore suppuration suppurations

Literary usage of Suppressor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electric Power Transmission: Principles and Calculations, Including a by Alfred Still (1919)
"Arcing Ground suppressor.—If any one conductor of a transmission system is connected to ground through an arc such as might occur over an insulator in the ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Anthony Comstock—an heroic suppressor or an unconscious protector of vice? por. Cur. Opinion. 56: 2S8-9. Ap. '14. Comstock, Enos B. Tracks in the snow; ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1920)
"The operation of the flash suppressor means practically a short circuit on the ac. system through the converter transformers. The alternating current drawn ..."

4. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"These types of genome scans have also been applied to tumours which arise in certain transgenic models for the purpose of mapping tumour suppressor loci by ..."

5. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"Sepsis is most likely to occur when suppressor cell populations are at a maximum, 7 to 14 days after the injury.37 A high suppressor-to-helper T lymphocyte ..."

6. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"Diethanolamine*, high purity. separator columns, cation suppressor (fiber 5. ... Regenerant for 1C suppressor. For fiber 3509-1). suppressor use 40 mM ..."

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