When Kevan Shokat, a biochemist at University of California, San Francisco, finally discovered how to drug a rare subset of KRAS mutant cancers, the first-generation drugs were a clinical disappointment.

You can use the scientific term mutant for any plant or animal that's the result of a change, or mutation, in the DNA of that organism. When the word is used as an adjective, it describes something having …

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1. An organism, cell, virus, or gene resulting from genetic mutation. 2. Slang One that is suggestive of a genetic mutant, as in bizarre appearance or inaptitude.

In biology, and especially in genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is generally an alteration of the DNA sequence of the …

Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people (Definition of mutant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of mutant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word mutant, one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

A mutant is an animal or plant that is physically different from others of the same species because of a change in its genes. New species are merely mutants of earlier ones.

Dec 14, 2025 · (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre. Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!