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transmutation
A change; transformation. SYN: conversion (1). [L. transmuto, pp. -atus, to change, transmute]

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trans·mu·ta·tion .tran(t)s-myu̇-'tā-shən, .tranz- n an act or instance of changing: as
a) the evolutionary change of one species into another
b) the conversion of one element or nuclide into another either naturally or artificially

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trans·mu·ta·tion (trans″mu-taґshən) 1. evolutionary change of one species into another. 2. the change of one chemical element into another; nucleonics, the changing of an atomic nucleus to one of a different atomic number by nuclear bombardment, causing rearrangement of the protons and neutrons.

Medical dictionary. 2011.