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MUTATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mutative mean?
• MUTATIVE (adjective)
The adjective MUTATIVE has 1 sense:
1. of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation
Familiarity information: MUTATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the mutative processes of nature
Pertainym:
mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)
Derivation:
mutate (undergo mutation)
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