English Explanatory Dictionary

hypermethylation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA.

Word forms

hypermethylation hypermethylations

Etymology

From hyper- + methylation.

Antonyms

hypomethylation
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