translocation

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ location

Noun

translocation (plural translocations)

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

   • There happened certain translocations at the deluge. — Woodward.

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

Translations

displacement, substitution

• Finnish: siirto (fi), siirtäminen (fi) (displacement); korvaaminen (fi) (substitution)

• Spanish: traslado (es), translocación (es)

genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment

• Dutch: translocatie (nl) f

• Finnish: translokaatio (fi)

Related terms

• translocate

Anagrams

• triacontanols