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.

Derived terms

• antirepressor
• aporepressor
• corepressor
• superrepressor
• transrepressor

 

Translations

protein that represses

• French: répresseur (fr) m
• Indonesian: represor
• Malay: perencat (ms)
• Persian: سرکوبگر (sarkubgar)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈpres.sor/, [rɛˈprɛs̠ːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈpres.sor/, [reˈprɛsːor]

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.