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INVERSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of turning inside out
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Derivation:
invert (turn inside out or upside down)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Turning upside down; setting on end
Synonyms:
inversion; upending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inversion"):
overturn; turnover; upset (the act of upsetting something)
Derivation:
invert (turn inside out or upside down)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
Synonyms:
inversion; sexual inversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
gayness; homoeroticism; homosexualism; homosexuality; queerness (a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
variation (a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished)
Domain category:
counterpoint (a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The reversal of the normal order of words
Synonyms:
anastrophe; inversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
Sense 6
Meaning:
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
chromosomal mutation; genetic mutation; mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("inversion" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Context examples:
A fusion gene (~2.0 kb) that results from a chromosomal inversion inv(2)(p21p23) which fuses exon 2 of the EML4 gene with exons 20-29 of the ALK gene.
(EML4/ALK Fusion Gene Variant 5a, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion gene (~3.4 kb) that results from a chromosomal inversion inv(2)(p21p23) which fuses exon 14 of the EML4 gene and an 11 nucleotide linker sequence with exons 20-29 of the ALK gene.
(EML4/ALK Fusion Gene Variant 4, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion gene (~2.5 kb) that results from a chromosomal inversion inv(2)(p21p23) which fuses exon 6a of the EML4 gene with exons 20-29 of the ALK gene.
(EML4/ALK Fusion Gene Variant 3a, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion gene (~2.5 kb) that results from a chromosomal inversion inv(2)(p21p23) which fuses exon 6b of the EML4 gene with exons 20-29 of the ALK gene.
(EML4/ALK Fusion Gene Variant 3b, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion gene (~2.2 kb) that results from a chromosomal inversion inv(22)(q12q12) which fuses the first eight exons of the EWSR1 gene with the PATZ1 gene.
(EWSR1/PATZ1 Fusion Gene Long A Isoform, NCI Thesaurus)
Chromosomal inversion often occurs as the result of non-homologous end-joining of broken DNA strands, and is involved in maintaining cell viability at the expense of long term genomic stability.
(Chromosomal Inversion Process, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal inversion inv(2)(p23q35) which fuses the first 7 exons of the ATIC gene with exon 20 of the ALK gene.
(ATIC/ALK Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Acute myeloid leukemia of the M4Eo subtype is linked to the occurrence of a chromosomal inversion inv(16)(p13;q22), which fuses this gene to the MYH11 gene.
(CBFB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A chromosomal inversion inv(22)(q12q12) of this gene and the EWSR1 gene is associated with Ewing sarcoma.
(PATZ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion gene that results from a complex chromosomal rearrangement where inversion of 22q12 is followed by a translocation t(1;22)(p34;q12) that disrupts intron 3 of the UQCRH gene.
(PATZ1/UQCRH Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
