Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutafacient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mu-tafa-cient
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents)

Example Sentences

"After indicating the mode in which these factors interact in determining the development of the organism and in affecting their own activist, it is shown that they have also a mutafacient action, i.e. are able to affect each other's mutation rates."
"Size of circle indicates frequency of seedlings, continuous and direct but mutafacient and indirect."

Etymology

From muta- + -facient.

Synonyms

mutagenic

Questions

What does mutafacient mean?: capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents)
Where does mutafacient come from?: From muta- + -facient.

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