¹missense

adj mis·sense \ˈmis-ˌsen(t)s\

Medical Definition of MISSENSE

: relating to or being a genetic mutation involving alteration of one or more codons so that different amino acids are determined <missense mutations> <a missense suppressor>—compare antisense, nonsense

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