mutation
Senso (English)
- Any alteration or change.
- Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
- A mutant.
- An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
- The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
- A group of thrushes.
Synonyms
transmutation
modification
chromosomal mutation
genetic mutation
eccentric personality
varietysport
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/mjuˈteɪʃən/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.
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