SUPPRESSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suppressed mean? 

• SUPPRESSED (adjective)
  The adjective SUPPRESSED has 3 senses:

1. kept from public knowledge by various means

2. manifesting or subjected to suppression

3. held in check with difficulty

  Familiarity information: SUPPRESSED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPPRESSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kept from public knowledge by various means

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:

Manifesting or subjected to suppression

Context example:

a suppressed press

Similar:

silenced (reduced to silence)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Held in check with difficulty

Synonyms:

smothered; stifled; strangled; suppressed

Context example:

suppressed laughter

Similar:

inhibited (held back or restrained or prevented)

 Context examples 

Conversely, mutations in other parts of mitochondrial DNA were more likely to be suppressed, such as the code for how mitochondria produce their own proteins.

(Interplay between mitochondria and the nucleus may have implications for changing cell’s ‘batteries’, University of Cambridge)

He drew his hand across his face, and with a half-suppressed sigh looked up from the fire.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Activation of the immune system, which is suppressed in many cancers, may inhibit the growth of IDO1-expressing tumor cells.

(IDO1 Inhibitor INCB024360, NCI Thesaurus)

It can cause systemic infections in people with suppressed immune systems.

(beta hemolytic streptococcus group B, NCI Dictionary)

From Frank Churchill's face, where he thought he saw confusion suppressed or laughed away, he had involuntarily turned to hers; but she was indeed behind, and too busy with her shawl.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The transfer of blood from a placenta to an individual whose own blood production system is suppressed.

(Placental blood transplantation, NCI Dictionary)

A follicle believed to be formed by degeneration of suppressed chief cells.

(Parathyroid Gland Follicle, NCI Thesaurus)

Similarly, when they suppressed DUSP26 activity in mice, beta cells became healthier, meaning they could better secrete insulin.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They then verified that both synthetic lipids also suppressed the immune response during infection of mouse and human cells in the laboratory.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)

The researchers found that bacterial vesicles suppressed the binding of viruses to the cell surface, an essential step before the virus can infect a cell.

(Vesicles released by bacteria may reduce the spread of HIV in human tissue, National Institutes of Health)