"premutation" meaning in All languages combined

See premutation on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: pre- + mutation Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|mutation}} pre- + mutation Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} premutation (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to a premutation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-premutation-en-adj-GW6IWIlC

Noun [English]

Forms: premutations [plural]
Etymology: pre- + mutation Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|mutation}} pre- + mutation Head templates: {{en-noun}} premutation (plural premutations)
  1. A nucleotide sequence variation that is not enough to be classed as a mutation (for example, does not affect protein expression enough to produce clinical symptoms) but nonetheless represents an unusual variant that is predisposed to still greater variation in future cell divisions (that is, predisposed to leading to a mutation).
    Sense id: en-premutation-en-noun-QYzQRGkK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 6 94

Inflected forms

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