overexpression

noun

over·ex·pres·sion | \ -rik-ˈspresh-ən

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Medical Definition of overexpression

: excessive expression of a gene (as that caused by increasing the frequency of transcription We now suspect that many, if not most, cancers arise through the overexpression … of key cellular regulatory genes— J. D. Watson et al

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