mutant

mutant
    adj 1: tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant
           gene"
    n 1: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting
         from chromosomal alteration [syn: {mutant}, {mutation},
         {variation}, {sport}]
    2: an animal that has undergone mutation
    

mutant

   <programming> {Microsoft}'s term for a {mutex} which is
   generally used in {user mode} but can also be used in {kernel
   mode}.  According to this terminology a mutex is only used in
   kernel mode.

   ["Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit"].

   (1997-07-30)
    

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "mutant":
      altered, avatar, better, catabolism, catalysis, changeable,
      changed, consubstantiation, converted, degenerate, deviant,
      displacement, divergent, heterotopia, improved, metabolism,
      metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosed, metamorphosis,
      metastasis, metastasized, metathesis, metempsychosis, modified,
      mutated form, mutation, permutation, qualified, rebuilt, reformed,
      reincarnation, renewed, revived, revolutionary, sport, subversive,
      transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation,
      transformed, transformism, translated, translation, translocation,
      transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transmuted,
      transposition, transubstantiation, unmitigated, worse