hypermethylation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *médʰu

Proto-Hellenic *métʰu

Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu)

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

German -yl

German Methylbor.

English methyl

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English methylation

English hypermethylation

From hyper- + methylation.

Noun

hypermethylation (countable and uncountable, plural hypermethylations)

1. (genetics) an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA.

Antonyms

• hypomethylation