translocation

English

noun
Definitions
  • Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
  • (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
  • (biochemistry) A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.

Etymology

Prefix from English location.

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English

location

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