suppression

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[ US /səˈpɹɛʃən/ ]
[ UK /səpɹˈɛʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
  2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
    a suppression of the newspaper
  3. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
    the stifling of all dissent
    the quelling of the rebellion
    the suppression of heresy
  4. the failure to develop some part or organ
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How To Use suppression In A Sentence

  • The acrylic acid, catechol best suppression bacterium respectively is the golden yellow staphylococcus and the saccharomycetes.
  • The most interesting features of federalist thought have to do with the suppression of faction.
  • Overall, hydrocortisone did not induce immunosuppression.
  • Short-term androgen suppression produces inferior survival compared with long-term androgen suppression in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer, according to the results of a study published in the CancerConsultants
  • Summary of Background Data. Human MSC are multipotent mesenchymal adult stem cells that have a potential for autologous transplantation, obviating the need for immune suppression.
  • The range is built by optimising combinations of various styles of inductors with the appropriate capacitors, varistors and other components to give a comprehensive range of suppression levels.
  • Affected infants have suppression of erythropoiesis with extremely low reticulocytes despite a low packed cell volume and normal erythropoietin values.
  • The ideas of separate color and verbal processing and suppression of incorrect verbal responses suggest an explanation for incongruency loss.
  • Fire suppression has transformed open stands of old-growth species such as ponderosa pine to dense stands with understories of small-diameter conifers. Beyond Old Growth~ Chapter 5
  • Nevertheless, a significant portion of the public supported the forcible suppression of campus protests.
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