suppressor
suh pre ser
- n someone who suppresses
dictators are suppressors of free speech - n a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
- n an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
- Some, known as oncogenes, turn on cell division, whereas others, called tumor-suppressor genes, are responsible for switching the process off.
- A normal immune system has twice as many helper Tcells, which stimulate the making of antibodies, as it does suppressor Tcells, which keep antibody production under control.
- It said that its suppressor had cut jet noise below the level promised purchasers of the 707, making it slightly less noisy than a Super Constellation.