Etymograph

English

hypomethylation

From hypo- + methylation.

A compound of hypo- + methylation

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Today it means

noun a decrease in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA

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Etymograph / hypomethylation