missense
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
Definition of missense
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has an incorrect meaning, with the result that its products do not do what they are supposed to do.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has an incorrect meaning, with the result that its products do not do what they are supposed to do.
verb
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To sense incorrectly.
“One possibility is that if G6PT is a G6P sensor, it may be missensing the intracellular concentrations and misdirecting further accumulation.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English missense From mis- + sense.
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