Word Type

Noun

The word "deletion" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

13q deletion syndrome 1p36 deletion syndrome 22q13 deletion syndrome 2q37 deletion syndrome 9q34 deletion syndrome autodeletion codeletion deletional deletionism deletionist hard deletion indel left-edge deletion megadeletion microdeletion nondeletion schwa deletion self-deletion soft deletion speedy deletion subdeletion transdeletion undeletion

Context

genetics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chromosomal mutation editing genetic mutation linguistic process mutation redaction remotion removal

Type Of (IsA)

editing mutation removal

Related Terms

chromosome delete deleted dna gene mutation

Synonym Network

deficiency deletion mutation gene deletion omission

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