See Also: mutagen(medicine)
mutagen(dictionary)
mutagen(encyclopedia)
frameshift mutagen(medicine)
intercalating mutagen(medicine)

aura (iou) and mutagen (iou)


aura (iou)



aura noun. . LME.
[Latin from Greek = breath, breeze.]
A gentle breeze, a zephyr. arch. & poet. LME.
C. Patmore I did respire the lonely auras sweet.
A subtle emanation or exhalation; a surrounding glow; fig. an atmosphere diffused by or attending a person, place, etc.; a distinctive impression of character or aspect. M18.
Coleridge The electrical aura of oxygen. A. Miller There is an aura of far places about him. L. Lee A dog trotted past like a ghost in a cloud, panting his aura around him. J. G. Farrell A dimly lit table above which a faint aura of exasperation seemed to hang.
b. In arts criticism: the quality of uniqueness or authenticity possessed by an object or artefact, which cannot be present on a reproduction. M20.
A premonitory sensation experienced before an attack of epilepsy or migraine. L18.
au'ratic adjective relating to or possessing aura (sense 2b); original, authentic: L20.

mutagen (iou)



mutagen noun. M20.
[from MUTA(TION + -GEN.]
Biology. An agent that causes mutation.