1. (genetics) a mutation in a coding sequence so that one amino acid is substituted for another

Derived forms: missenses

• protectiveness
• protector
• outstation
• outstay
• outstretch
• outstretched
• outstrip
• outstroke
• outswinger
• outtake
• outthrust
• outturn
• outvie
• outvote
• outwait
• outward
• outward-bound
• outward-developing
• outward-moving
• outwardly
• outwardness
• outwards
• outwear
• outweigh
• outweird