Medical Dictionary
suppress
vt sup·press \sə-ˈpres\
Medical Definition of SUPPRESS
1
: to exclude from consciousness <suppressed anxiety>
2
: to restrain from a usual course or action <suppress a cough>
3
: inhibit 2 <suppresses the human immune response—Josie Glausiusz>; especially : to inhibit the genetic expression of <suppress a mutation>
—sup·press·ibil·i·ty \-ˌpres-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē\ noun, plural sup·press·ibil·i·ties
—sup·press·ible \-ˈpres-ə-bəl\ adjective
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