Complete Definition of "translocation"

English

Etymology
Prefix term|trans- + term|location.

Noun
en-noun

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

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

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