underexpressed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English expressed English underexpressed From under- + expressed.
Meanings
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Not expressed to the usual or expected degree
These genes may be overexpressed and underexpressed with respect to the other genes and with respect to a particular condition.
2005, Francesca Ruffino et al., “Biological Specifications for a Synthetic Gene Expression Data Generation Model”, in Bloch et al., editors, Fuzzy Logic and Applications, →ISBN, page 281:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more underexpressed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most underexpressed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |