revertant

[ri-vur-tnt]

re·ver·tant

[ri-vur-tnt] Genetics.
noun
1.
a gene, organism, or strain that has undergone a back mutation.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to a gene, organism, or strain that has undergone a back mutation.

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Revertant is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1580–90, for an earlier sense; revert + -ant
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revertant re·ver·tant (rĭ-vûr'tnt)
adj.
Having reverted to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation. n.
A revertant organism, cell, or strain.

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