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Suppression
- noun - (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
- the failure to develop some part or organ
Suppressive
- adjective - tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
Suppressors
- noun - a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
- an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
- someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech"
Suppurating
- verb - cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
- ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"
Suppuration
- noun - (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
- a fluid product of inflammation
Suppurative
- adjective - relating to or characterized by suppuration
Supra-Ilium
- - The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.
Supracostal
- - Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs.
Supraglotic
- - Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.