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.
3. (biochemistry) A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.

Derived terms

• posttranslocation
• retranslocation
• retrotranslocation
• translocational

 

Related terms

• translocate

Translations

displacement, substitution

• Finnish: siirto (fi), siirtäminen (fi) (displacement); korvaaminen (fi) (substitution)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: traslado (es), translocación

genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment

• Dutch: translocatie (nl) f
• Finnish: translokaatio
• French: translocation (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: traslocazione (it)
• Portuguese: translocação
• Spanish: traslocación

Anagrams

• cotranslation, transcolation, triacontanols