Neomorph

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In biology, a part or organ, or a modification of a part or organ, which has recently been generated or acquired.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a preexisting form.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
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