restriction
Academic Word List, sublist 2.
About 9.70 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
- noun A regulation or limitation that restricts.
- noun The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
Similar words
limitation restrictiveness restricting restrict constraint restrictive restraining restraint restricted constraining
Often followed by
of on is to in and that enzyme was
Word family
restrict restricted restricting restrictions restrictive restrictively restricts
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