mutation
/mjuˈteɪʃən/ noun C1- 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.
Plural mutations
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