Suppressor

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suppressor \Sup*press"or\, n. [L., hider.]
     One who suppresses.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  suppressor
       n 1: someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free
            speech" [syn: {suppresser}]
       2: a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another
          gene (especially of a mutant gene) [syn: {suppresser}, {suppressor
          gene}, {suppresser gene}]
       3: an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents [syn:
           {suppresser}]