See Also: revertant(medicine)
revertant(dictionary)
flat revertant(medicine)

revertant (iou)



revertant adjective & noun. L17.
[from REVERT verb + -ANT1, after French pres. pples in -ant.]
A. adjective.
Heraldry. Bending, spec. in the form of an S. rare. L17.
Biology. Having reverted to the normal phenotype from a mutant or abnormal state. M20.
b. noun. Biology. A revertant cell, organism, strain, etc. M20.