Definition of "alteration" []

• The act or procedure of altering. (noun)
• The condition resulting from altering; modification. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "_An alteration of honour_, is an _alteration_ of an _honourable state_ to a state of disgrace."
• "As Doug lectures him about the biotechnology of brain alteration, we are aware of the salmon "spreading down into Chip's underpants like a wide, warm slug"."
• "If an alteration is identified, a genetic counselor can next examine whether the alteration has been previously reported in other individuals with LFS."