mutation
Any alteration or changeAny alteration or change.
» Tom has a rare gene mutation.
Tom hat eine seltene genetische Mutation.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)Any alteration or change.
a change or alteration in form or qualities
(countable, uncountable)Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
Mutation
мута́цияmutácija
мута́ціяmutácija
(countable, uncountable)A mutant.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Mutation
мутацияmutacija
(countable, uncountable)The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
(collective, countable, noun, rare, uncountable)A group of thrushes.
Examples
12 sentencesTom has a rare gene mutation.
deTom hat eine seltene genetische Mutation.
Gustavo wanted to avoid the mutation.
Exposure to radiation causes susceptibility to mutations.
This disease is caused by a rare genetic mutation.
ruЭта болезнь вызывается редкой генетической мутацией.
deDiese Krankheit wird von einer seltenen genetischen Mutation hervorgerufen.
Manx cats are tailless because of a genetic mutation.
deManx-Katzen sind aufgrund einer genetischen Mutation schwanzlos.
Translations
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Origin
Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via OLate 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.
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Forms
plural: mutationsSynonyms
5 synonyms- (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism:genetic mutationchromosomal mutation
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration:mutantvariationsport
Word family
63 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable