Synonyms for mutation
myuˈteɪ ʃənmu·ta·tion

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1. mutationnoun

   A change is a passing from one state or form to another, any act or process by which a thing becomes unlike what it was before, or the unlikeness so produced; we say a change was taking place, or the change that had taken place was manifest. Mutation is a more formal word for change, often suggesting repeated or continual change; as, the mutations of fortune. Novelty is a change to what is new, or the newness of that to which a change is made; as, he was perpetually desirous of novelty. Revolution is specifically and most commonly a change of government. Variation is a partial change in form, qualities, etc., but especially in position or action; as, the variation of the magnetic needle or of the pulse. Variety is a succession of changes or an intermixture of different things, and is always thought of as agreeable. Vicissitude is sharp, sudden, or violent change, always thought of as surprising and often as disturbing or distressing; as, the vicissitudes of politics. Transition is change by passing from one place or state to another, especially in a natural, regular, or orderly way; as, the transition from spring to summer, or from youth to manhood. An innovation is a change that breaks in upon an established order or custom; as, an innovation in religion or politics. For the distinctions between the other words compare the synonyms for CHANGE, v. In the religious sense regeneration is the vital renewing of the soul by the power of the divine Spirit; conversion is the conscious and manifest change from evil to good, or from a lower to a higher spiritual state; as, in Luke xxii, 32, "when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration.

   Synonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

   Antonyms:
   constancy, continuance, firmness, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

   Preposition:
   We have made a change for the better; the change from winter to spring; the change of a liquid to or into a gas; a change in quality; a change by absorption or oxidation.

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1. mutant, mutation, variation, sportnoun

   (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

   Synonyms:
   sportsman, fun, fluctuation, sportswoman, mutant, play, genetic mutation, summercater, magnetic variation, athletics, variation, sport, variant, version, magnetic declination, chromosomal mutation, variance, edition, pas seul

2. mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutationnoun

   (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

   Synonyms:
   mutant, chromosomal mutation, variation, sport, genetic mutation

3. mutationnoun

   a change or alteration in form or qualities

   Synonyms:
   mutant, chromosomal mutation, variation, sport, genetic mutation

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1. mutationnoun

   Synonyms:
   change, alteration, variation

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1. List of paraphrases for "mutation":

   mutations, deployment, transfer, transformation, posting, change, mutant

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1. Peter Swenson:

   This money that I'm raising, I'm hoping that the research can be done to actually find a treatment for these mutations, this mutation is the same mutation in the majority of DIPG tumors. That type of tumor has a 0 % survival rate.

2. Jan Dumanski:

   There is a correlation between a common and avoidable risk factor, that is smoking, and the most common human mutation -- loss of the Y chromosome, this ... may in part explain why men in general have a shorter life span than women and why smoking is more dangerous for men.

3. Simon Clarke:

   When a virus is swilling around the population, it can mutate, every time it replicates( infects) there is the possibility of a mutation. While most of those are neutral or even damage the virus, every so often a mutation gives the virus a' fitness advantage,' which makes it more transmissible. Bluntly, the more people with a second dose, the less this thing can mutate in dangerous ways.

4. Mukaibar Shah:

   Senior politicians who advise people to maintain social distancing for Covid protection wear masks only in front of media camera, otherwise not. When they hold rally and meetings, all social distancing rules are forgotten. Media continue to spread mutation rumor to hide their earlier lies.

5. Rice University:

   Evolution is faster or slower depending on how much of an advantage there is to having a certain mutation, if a mutation pops up for people living on Mars, and it gives them a 50-percent survival advantage, thats ahugeadvantage, right? And that means that those individuals are going to be passing those genes on at a much higher rate than they otherwise would have.