repressor

repressor

See also: Repressor

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)

Noun

repressor (plural repressors)

  1. Anything that represses.
  2. (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.

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Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Proto-Indo-European *per-?
Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō
Latin reprimō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin repressor

    From reprimō + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    repressor m (genitive repressōris); third declension

    1. restrainer, represser
    2. limiter

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative repressor repressōrēs
    genitive repressōris repressōrum
    dative repressōrī repressōribus
    accusative repressōrem repressōrēs
    ablative repressōre repressōribus
    vocative repressor repressōrēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: repressor
    • French: répresseur
    • Galician: represor
    • Italian: repressore
    • Portuguese: repressor
    • Spanish: represor

    References

    • “repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “repressor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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