Medical Dictionary

repress

vt re·press \ri-ˈpres\

Medical Definition of REPRESS

1
:  to exclude from consciousness <repress conflicts>
2
:  to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site

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