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1 : a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

2 : (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

3 : a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

4 : (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

5 : the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

6 : preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

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