hemimethylation

H4E1M3I1M3E1T1H4Y4L1A1T1I1O1N1

noun

partial or incomplete methylation

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Meanings

nounhemimethylation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablepartial or incomplete methylation

    The unaffected twins showed hemimethylation of 4 (boxes) out of 16 methylation sensitive C nucleotides ( C1+C2 ) and hypomethylation (loss of methylation) in affected twins ( C3+C4 ).

    2016 February 13, “Genome-Wide Identification of Epigenetic Hotspots Potentially Related to Cardiovascular Risk in Adult Women after a Complicated Pregnancy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hemi- + methylation.

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hemimethylation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemimethylation

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Chicago

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