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mutación

mutation

noun moo-tah-SYOHN Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: Latin 'mutatio' (a change), from 'mutare' (to change).

Usage Note

Mutación is used in biology for genetic mutation (mutación genética) and more broadly for any fundamental change or transformation. In everyday speech it may describe a striking personal change, though cambio is more common in that register. The plural mutaciones drops the written accent as the stress becomes naturally penultimate.

Examples

"Esa mutación genética es hereditaria."

Natural Translation

That genetic mutation is hereditary.

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