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hypermethylation

noun

  1. increase in methyl group to cytosine or adenosine residues in dna
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English methylation English hypermethylation From hyper- + methylation.

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