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突然変異体 (とつぜんへんいたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

突とつ然ぜん変へん異い体たい

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Meanings

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noun

genetics

Technical term in genetics for an organism or cell carrying a mutation.

この突とつ然ぜん変へん異い体たいは、通つう常じょうの個こ体たいより成せい長ちょうが遅おそい。
This mutant grows more slowly than normal individuals.

研けん究きゅう者しゃたちは新あたらしい突とつ然ぜん変へん異い体たいを分ぶん離りした。

The researchers isolated a new mutant.

Kanji

突stab, protruding, thrust
然sort of thing, so, if so
変unusual, change, strange
異uncommon, different, queerness
体body, substance, object

Similar words

突とつ然ぜん変へん異い
突然変異 refers to the mutation itself, while 突然変異体 refers to the organism or cell that carries the mutation.

Etymology

Compound of 突然 (sudden) + 変異 (variation, mutation) + 体 (body, entity). The term is a direct translation of the English 'mutant' in a biological context.