mutation

English

/mjuˈteɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • 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) A group of thrushes.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mutationem borrowed from Old French mutacion derived from Latin mūtō (alter, change, I change, I move, I vary, penis, exchange, barter, move).

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Latin

mūtō

Gloss

alter, change, I change, I move, I vary, penis, exchange, barter, move

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