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suppressor

noun

Etymology

From suppress + -or.

  1. derived from suppressus
  2. suffixed as suppressor — “suppress + -or”

Definitions

  1. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.

  2. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.

  3. A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.

The neighborhood

Derived

contrasuppressor, flash suppressor, immunosuppressor, nonsuppressor, oncosuppressor, surge suppressor

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for suppressor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA