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SUPPRESSED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kept from public knowledge by various means
Classified under:
Similar:
burked (suppressed quietly or indirectly)
hushed-up ((used of information or news) kept secret by using influence)
quelled; quenched; squelched (subdued or overcome)
unreleased (not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication)
Antonym:
publicized (made known; especially made widely known)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Held in check with difficulty
Example:
suppressed laughter
Synonyms:
smothered; stifled; strangled; suppressed
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Similar:
inhibited (held back or restrained or prevented)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Manifesting or subjected to suppression
Example:
a suppressed press
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Adjectives
Similar:
silenced (reduced to silence)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb suppress
Context examples:
His eyes rolled upwards, his features writhed in agony, and with a suppressed groan he dropped on his face upon the ground.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Think of her appearance, Watson—her manner, her suppressed excitement, her restlessness, her tenacity in asking questions.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They discovered a type of ganglion cell that was excited by green light but suppressed by UV light.
(New color vision pathway unveiled, NIH)
An infectious fungal disease that occurs most often in the skin, ears, nasal sinuses, and lungs of people with suppressed immune systems.
(Aspergillosis, NCI Dictionary)
Due to low asparagine synthetase activity in tumor cells, de novo synthesis of asparagine is suppressed within tumor cells.
(Erythrocyte-encapsulated L-asparaginase Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)
This may result in suppressed total serum testosterone to the levels observed in castration.
(Estrogen Receptor Agonist GTx-758, NCI Thesaurus)
An antiviral agent used to prevent or treat cytomegalovirus infections that may occur when the body's immune system is suppressed.
(Ganciclovir, NCI Dictionary)
It is a cause of severe pneumonia in people with a suppressed immune system, such as those undergoing bone marrow transplantation or those with leukemia or lymphoma.
(CMV, NCI Dictionary)
Migration is suppressed by pertussis toxin, indicating that the receptor is coupled to a G-alpha protein.
(Chemokine (C Motif) Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Subsequently, luteinizing hormone (LH) activity and ovulation are suppressed.
(Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System, NCI Thesaurus)
