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mutation
English
Alternative forms
- mutat. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Late 14th century, from Latin mutationem, both directly and via Old French mutacion, form of Latin m?t? (“I move, I change, I vary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mju?te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
mutation (countable and uncountable, plural mutations)
- Any alteration or change.
- (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
- A mutant.
- (linguistics) An alteration 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.
- (rare, collective noun) A group of thrushes.
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- Mount Tai
French
Etymology
From Middle French mutation, from Old French mutacion, borrowed from Latin mutatio, mutationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ta.sj??/
Noun
mutation f (plural mutations)
- substitution
- mutation
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Descendants
- ? Turkish: mutasyon
Further reading
- “mutation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French mutacion, borrowed from Latin mutatio, mutationem.
Noun
mutation f (plural mutations)
- change, alteration, mutation
Related terms
- muter
Descendants
- French: mutation
mutation From the web:
- what mutation causes sickle cell anemia
- what mutation causes cystic fibrosis
- what mutation causes down syndrome
- what mutation causes huntington's disease
- what mutation is sickle cell anemia
- what mutation causes cancer
- what mutation causes color blindness
- what mutation causes albinism
auxotrophy
English
Etymology
auxo- +? -trophy
Noun
auxotrophy (usually uncountable, plural auxotrophies)
- (biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
Related terms
- auxotroph, auxotrophic, auxotrophically
- autotrophy
Coordinate terms
- prototrophy
auxotrophy From the web:
- what does auxotrophy mean
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