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Definition of Translocation

1. Noun. The transport of dissolved material within a plant.

2. Noun. (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts. "Translocations can result in serious congenital disorders"

Definition of Translocation

1. n. removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.

Definition of Translocation

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

2. Noun. (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Translocation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Translocation

1. Rearrangement of a chromosome in which a segment is moved from one location to another, either within the same chromosome or to another chromosome. This is sometimes reciprocal, when one fragment is exchanged for another. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Translocation

transliterate transliterated transliterates transliterating transliteration transliterations transliterator transliterators translocalization translocase

translocases translocate translocated translocates translocating translocation (current term) translocation (genetics) translocation carrier translocation chromosome translocational

translocations translocative translocator translocators translocon translocons translocus translog translogarithmic translucence

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