Mutant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

an animal that has undergone mutation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mjˈuːtənt/

🇬🇧British English

/mjˈuːtənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mjˈuːtənt/

2 syllables Say it as /mjˈuːtənt/.

Examples

a mutant gene

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

variation mutation sport

Parts of Speech

noun	(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
noun	an animal that has undergone mutation
adjective	tending to undergo or resulting from mutation “a mutant gene”

Word Forms

mutant	adjective	tending to undergo or resulting from mutation
mutate	verb	undergo mutation
mutational	adjective	of or relating to or resulting from mutation
vary	verb	be at variance with; be out of line with
mutant	noun	(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

mutante

(biología) un organismo que tiene características resultantes de una alteración cromosómica

🇮🇹Italian

mutante

(biologia) un organismo che presenta caratteristiche derivanti da un'alterazione cromosomica

🇵🇹Portuguese

mutante

(biologia) organismo que possui características resultantes de alteração cromossômica

🇷🇺Russian

мутант

(биология) организм, имеющий характеристики, возникающие в результате хромосомных изменений.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उत्परिवर्ती

(जीव विज्ञान) एक जीव जिसमें गुणसूत्र परिवर्तन के परिणामस्वरूप विशेषताएँ होती हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

মিউট্যান্ট

(জীববিজ্ঞান) এমন একটি জীব যার বৈশিষ্ট্য রয়েছে ক্রোমোসোমাল পরিবর্তনের ফলে

🇮🇳Tamil

விகாரமான

(உயிரியல்) குரோமோசோமால் மாற்றத்தின் விளைவாக பண்புகளைக் கொண்ட ஒரு உயிரினம்

🇮🇳Telugu

పరివర్తన చెందిన

(జీవశాస్త్రం) క్రోమోజోమ్ మార్పు ఫలితంగా లక్షణాలను కలిగి ఉన్న ఒక జీవి

🇮🇳Marathi

उत्परिवर्ती

(जीवशास्त्र) एक जीव ज्यामध्ये गुणसूत्र बदलामुळे उद्भवणारी वैशिष्ट्ये आहेत

🇮🇳Gujarati

મ્યુટન્ટ

(બાયોલોજી) એક સજીવ કે જે રંગસૂત્રોના ફેરફારને પરિણામે લક્ષણો ધરાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ರೂಪಾಂತರಿತ

(ಜೀವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ) ಕ್ರೋಮೋಸೋಮಲ್ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಜೀವಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മ്യൂട്ടൻ്റ്

(ജീവശാസ്ത്രം) ക്രോമസോം വ്യതിയാനത്തിൻ്റെ ഫലമായുണ്ടാകുന്ന സ്വഭാവസവിശേഷതകളുള്ള ഒരു ജീവി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਰਿਵਰਤਨਸ਼ੀਲ

(ਜੀਵ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ) ਇੱਕ ਜੀਵ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕ੍ਰੋਮੋਸੋਮਲ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾਵਾਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

اتپریورتی

(حیاتیات) ایک جاندار جس کی خصوصیات کروموسومل تبدیلی کے نتیجے میں ہوتی ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

突变体

（生物学）具有由染色体改变引起的特征的生物体

🇯🇵Japanese

突然変異体

(生物学) 染色体の変化に起因する特徴を持つ生物

🇰🇷Korean

돌연변이

(생물학) 염색체 변화로 인해 나타나는 특성을 지닌 유기체

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đột biến

(sinh học) sinh vật có những đặc điểm do sự thay đổi nhiễm sắc thể

🇹🇭Thai

กลายพันธุ์

(ชีววิทยา) สิ่งมีชีวิตที่มีลักษณะอันเป็นผลจากการเปลี่ยนแปลงโครโมโซม

🇮🇩Indonesian

mutan

(Biologi) suatu organisme yang memiliki ciri-ciri akibat perubahan kromosom

🇲🇾Malay

mutan

(biologi) organisma yang mempunyai ciri-ciri hasil daripada perubahan kromosom

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متحولة

(علم الأحياء) كائن حي له خصائص ناتجة عن تغير الكروموسومات

🇮🇷Persian

جهش یافته

(زیست شناسی) موجودی است که دارای ویژگی های ناشی از تغییرات کروموزومی است

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוטציה

(ביולוגיה) אורגניזם בעל מאפיינים הנובעים משינוי כרומוזומלי

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