Usually means: Produce more of a gene.
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  1. overexpress: Wordnik
  2. overexpress: Wiktionary
  3. overexpress: Dictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. overexpress: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. overexpress: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  4. overexpress: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (overexpress)

verb:  (genetics, transitive) To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.

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