translocation
translocation · translocations
Removal of things from one place to anotherRemoval of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
(countable, uncountable)A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
(countable, uncountable)A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.
More definitions
- (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts
- the transport of dissolved material within a plant
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