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Translocation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another. countable, uncountable

    "There happen'd certain translocations at the deluge."

  2. 2
    (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts wordnet
  3. 3
    A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the transport of dissolved material within a plant wordnet
  5. 5
    A transfer of a molecule through a membrane. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From trans- + location.

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