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noun
1.
the act of suppressing.
2.
the state of being suppressed.
3.
Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.
4.
Botany. the absence of parts normally or usually present due to the action of frost, disease, or insects.
5.
EXPANDRadio, Electronics. the elimination of a component of a varying emission, as the elimination of a frequency or group of frequencies from a signal.
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Suppression
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- Organic weed control encourages weed suppression rather than elimination.
- Many conifer stands are converting to hardwood species due to fire suppression.
- Call quality is great thanks to a noise suppression technology.
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World English Dictionary
| suppression (səˈprɛʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of suppressing or the condition of being suppressed |
| 2. | psychoanal Compare repression the conscious avoidance of unpleasant thoughts |
| 3. | electronics the act or process of suppressing a frequency, oscillation, etc |
| 4. | biology the failure of an organ or part to develop |
| 5. | med the cessation of any physiological process |
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Medical Dictionary
suppression sup·pres·sion (sə-prěsh'ən)
n.
The act of suppressing or the state of being suppressed.
Conscious exclusion of unacceptable desires, thoughts, or memories from the mind.
The sudden arrest of the secretion of a fluid, such as urine or bile.
The checking or curtailing of an abnormal flow or discharge.
The effect of a second genetic mutation that reverses a phenotypic change that had been caused by a previous mutation at a different location on the chromosome.
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