mutation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Types & categories
- organism hypernym
- monstrosity hyponym
Related & opposite
- mutate derivation
- deviate derivation
- mutational derivation
- mutant derivation
- biology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- deletion hyponym
- inversion hyponym
- transposition hyponym
- point mutation hyponym
- reversion hyponym
- saltation hyponym
Parts & wholes
- mutagenesis part meronym
Related & opposite
- mutate derivation
- mutational derivation
- genetics domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a change or alteration in form or qualities
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- mutational derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mutate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mutational |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mutant |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monstrosity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mutate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mutational |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mutagenesis |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deletion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inversion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transposition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | point mutation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reversion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | saltation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mutational |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |