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mutate
[myoo-teyt]
verb (used with object)
to change; alter.
Biology., to cause (a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics.
The disease mutates the retina’s rod cells, and they slowly stop working.
Phonetics., to change by umlaut.
verb (used without object)
to undergo change.
It was a gamble to mutate from hard rock frontman to big band crooner, but he went seriously retro and won that bet in a huge way.
Biology., (of a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics.
Drug-resistant cells mutate more quickly and could migrate into surrounding tissue.
mutate
/ mjuːˈteɪtɪv, ˈmjuːtətɪv, mjuːˈteɪt /
verb
to undergo or cause to undergo mutation
Other Word Forms
- mutative adjective
- nonmutative adjective
- unmutated adjective
- unmutative adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mutate1
Example Sentences
Both the newly approved Itvisma and Zolgensma deliver a working copy of the mutated gene, which makes proteins to protect and maintain motor neurons.
The east African nation saw civil war in the 1990s mutate in the 2000s into an Islamist insurgency that still threatens much of the country.
Epidemiologists and virologists worry that avian influenza could generate a pandemic if allowed to spread and mutate.
Aging, chronic inflammation, or somatic mutations can disrupt communication among these cell groups, reducing normal stem-cell renewal and allowing mutated HSCs to expand unnoticed.
Sequencing showed that the edits were highly targeted to the mutated NRF2 gene, with very few unintended modifications elsewhere in the genome.
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