mutant - Definition from the MICROBES, GENETICS, BIOCHEM topic - HARD SCIENCE

Topic: MICROBES, GENETICS, BIOCHEM

Date:	1900-2000
Language:	Latin
Origin:	, present participle of mutare; MUTATE

mutant
noun

mu‧tant

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[countable]

1HB an animal or plant that is different in some way from others of the same kind, because of a change in its genetic structure

2 something that is very different from others of the same type, in a way that is strange or bad - often used humorously

—mutant adjective [only before noun]

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