suppressor
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that suppresses
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a device fitted to an electrical appliance to suppress unwanted electrical interference to audiovisual signals
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A mutant gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another usually mutant gene.
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A device, such as a resistor or grid, that is used in an electrical or electronic system to reduce unwanted currents.
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◆ A suppressor grid in a vacuum tube such as a pentode is designed to prevent the secondary emission of electrons from the plate. When electrons emitted by the tube's cathode strike the plate, their energies can be high enough to cause secondary emission of low-energy electrons from the plate, and these electrons can drift away into other positively charged electrodes in the tube (like the screen or the control grid), drawing current from the plate. A negatively charged suppressor grid near the plate repels these low-energy electrons and pushes them back toward the plate so that no current is lost, increasing the efficiency of the tube.
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The researchers discovered that PIP2 normally acts as a natural suppressor of Piezo1.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
Unfortunately, suppressor cells can't always stop a dangerous immune response.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
"This is a tumor suppressor mechanism that had not been described before, and we think the cancers that can turn it off, by secreting less EV-DNA, have a better chance of spreading," Dr. Wortzel said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
Additionally, it reveals the intricate connection between NMD and the most famous tumor suppressor gene, p53, suggesting possible new connections between NMD and cancer.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024
Research into HPV eventually uncovered how Henrietta’s cancer started: HPV inserted its DNA into the long arm of her eleventh chromosome and essentially turned off her p 5 3 tumor suppressor gene.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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