vt 1  :  to exclude from consciousness <ed anxiety>   2  :  to restrain from a usual course or action < a cough>   3  :  INHIBIT 2 <es the human immune response -Josie Glausiusz>  : esp  :  to inhibit the genetic expression of < a mutation>  sup*press*ibil*i*ty n pl  -ties  sup*press*ible adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  spo·ro·zoa  spu·ri·ous 
 
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