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missense

The English word “missense” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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

  1. To sense incorrectly.

Etymology

From mis- + sense.

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