Etymology

hypomethylation

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Today it means: a decrease in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA Full definition →

English methylation ← Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *upó
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Englishmethylation
  6. English todayhypomethylation

From hypo- + methylation.

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