"hypermutation" meaning in English

See hypermutation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hypermutations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English mutation English hypermutation From hyper- + mutation. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|hyper-|mutation|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English mutation English hypermutation [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*úp", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-er", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-r", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*upér", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*hupér", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῠ̔πέρ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῠ̔περ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hyper-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mutation", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hypermutation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="hypermutation"> From hyper- + mutation. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hypermutation (countable and uncountable, plural hypermutations)
  1. (uncountable) Frequent mutation Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hypermutation-en-noun-Uc1QPWyX Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55
  2. (countable) The organism or gene that results from such a mutation Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-hypermutation-en-noun-7RCXVOr- Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Biology, Genetics Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 65 Disambiguation of Biology: 0 100 Disambiguation of Genetics: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hypermutational, somatic hypermutation

Inflected forms

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