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Definition of Transversion
1. n. The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
Medical Definition of Transversion
1. 1. Substitution in DNA and RNA of a pyrimidine for a purine, or vice-versa, by mutation. 2. In dentistry, the eruption of a tooth in a position normally occupied by another; transposition of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000)