Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutagenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: mu-ta-ge-n-e-sis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English muta- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)bor. Latin genesisbor. English genesis English mutagenesis From muta- + genesis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mutageneses (plural)

Derived Forms

antimutagenesis epimutagenesis hypermutagenesis mutagenetic mutagenic retromutagenesis

Phrases

transposon mutagenesis

Questions

What does mutagenesis mean?: The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.
Where does mutagenesis come from?: Etymology tree English muta- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)bor. Latin genesisbor. English genesis English mutagenesis From muta- + genesis.

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