overexpress

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English

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Etymology

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over- +‎ express

Verb

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overexpress (third-person singular simple present overexpresses, present participle overexpressing, simple past and past participle overexpressed)

  1. (genetics, transitive) To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.
    Antonym: underexpress
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