Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overexpression

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
over-ex-pres-sion
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The abnormal or artificial expression of a gene in increased quantity

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English expression English overexpression From over- + expression.

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Questions

What does overexpression mean?
The abnormal or artificial expression of a gene in increased quantity
Where does overexpression come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English expression English overexpression From over- + expression.

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