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missense en · NOUN

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 *sentiō 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.

Meanings

  1. (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.

Forms

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missenses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

missense mutation

Relateds

nonsense

missense en · VERB

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 *sentiō 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.

Meanings

  1. To sense incorrectly.
    • One possibility is that if G6PT is a G6P sensor, it may be missensing the intracellular concentrations and misdirecting further accumulation. 2012, Stefan Bröer, Carsten A. Wagner, Membrane Transporter Diseases, page 194:

Forms

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missenses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
missensed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
missensed Tense=Past lexicographic
missensing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic