expression

expression definition - medical

ex·pres·sion (ĭk-sprĕshˈən)

noun
  1. The act of pressing or squeezing out.
  2. The outward manifestation of a mood or disposition by mobility of the facial features; facies.
  3. The phenotype manifested by a genotype under fixed environmental conditions.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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