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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Origin of express
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expresser, nounexpressible, adjectiveWord Origin for express
C14: from Latin expressus, literally: squeezed out, hence, prominent, from exprimere to force out, from ex- 1 + premere to press
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Medical definitions for express
express
[ ĭk-sprĕs′ ]
v.
To press or squeeze out.
To produce a phenotype. Used of a gene.
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