Meanings
nounmissense (countable and uncountable, plural missenses)
plural missenses
- countableuncountablebiologyA 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.
verbmissense (third-person singular simple present missenses, present participle missensing, simple past and past participle missensed)
present singular third person missenses · participle present missensing · participle past missensed · past missensed
- To sense incorrectly.
One possibility is that if G6PT is a G6P sensor, it may be missensing the intracellular concentrations and misdirecting further accumulation.
2012, Stefan Bröer, Carsten A. Wagner, Membrane Transporter Diseases, page 194
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
- Proto-Indo-European*sent-
- Proto-Italic*sentiō
- Latinsentiō
- Latinsēnsu
- Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
- Frankish*sinn
- Vulgar Latin*sennus
- Old Frenchsens
- Middle Englishsense
- Englishsense
- Englishmissense
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APA
missense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missense
MLA
“missense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missense. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “missense,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missense.
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