Back-mutate
to undergo back mutation.
verb
in genetics, to revert to a former non-mutated condition
Usage Note
science
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a mutation of an existing mutant gene that restores it to its previous form. noun (genetics) the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype noun See reverse mutation
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the final nine holes on an eighteen-hole course.
- Back number
an out-of-date issue of a serial publication. Informal. anything out-of-date. Historical Examples If I’ve got to be a back number I want to romp right back far enough to have some fun out of it. At Good Old Siwash George Fitch If I have I’m a back number—and I’d a great deal rather be dead. […]
- Back o' beyond
remote; out-of-the-way; isolated.
- Back o' bourke
adverb (Austral) in a remote or backward place