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suppressive

adjective as in suppressing

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The book was banned in Boston — a phrase for suppressive moral outrage that survives to this day.

"One of the things that we showed exploring all of this iron biology is that ferroptosis is tumor suppressive, as everybody suspected -- but much more profoundly in younger animals," Dr. Tammela says.

Moreover, Ctdnep1 knockdown also led to increased absorption of calcium phosphate, suggestive of the suppressive role of Ctdnep1 in bone resorption.

In Scientology, cult critics are labeled "suppressive persons," for instance.

From Salon

"By liberating these cells from the suppressive environment and growing them in the lab, we can rescue their tumor-fighting capacity when infused back into the patient."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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