Usually means: Single nucleotide change in DNA.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. point mutation: Merriam-Webster
  2. point mutation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. point mutation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. point mutation: Vocabulary.com
  5. point mutation: Wiktionary
  6. point mutation: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. point mutation: Dictionary.com
  8. Point mutation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. point mutation: Rhymezone
  10. point mutation: FreeDictionary.org
  11. point mutation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. point mutation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. point mutation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. point mutation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. point mutation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Mutation, point, Point mutation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  7. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  8. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  9. point mutation: Medical dictionary
  10. Mutation, point, Point mutation: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  4. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

(Note: See point_mutations as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (point mutation)

noun:  (genetics) A mutation that involves the replacement, addition or deletion of a small number of bases (especially just one) at a specific site within a gene.

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