mutation-preventing
|mu-ta-tion-pre-vent-ing|
/mjuːˈteɪʃən prɪˈvɛntɪŋ/
inhibiting genetic changes
Etymology
'mutation-preventing' originates from the combination of 'mutation' and 'preventing', where 'mutation' comes from Latin 'mutatio', meaning 'a change', and 'preventing' comes from Latin 'praeventus', meaning 'to come before'.
'Mutation' evolved from the Latin 'mutatio' through Old French 'mutacion', and 'preventing' evolved from Latin 'praeventus' through Middle English 'preventen'.
Initially, 'mutation' meant 'a change', and 'preventing' meant 'to come before'. Together, they evolved to mean 'stopping changes in genetic material'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
describing something that inhibits or stops mutations from occurring.
The new drug has mutation-preventing properties.
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Last updated: 2025/05/07 15:34