Medical Dictionary
mutation
noun mu·ta·tion \myü-ˈtā-shən\
Medical Definition of MUTATION
1
: a relatively permanent change in hereditary material involving either a physical change in chromosome relations or a biochemical change in the codons that make up genes; also : the process of producing a mutation
2
: an individual, strain, or trait resulting from mutation
—mu·ta·tion·al \-shnəl, -shən-əl\ adjective
—mu·ta·tion·al·ly \-ē\ adverb
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