translocation

translocation

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ location

Noun

translocation (countable and uncountable, plural translocations)

1. Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
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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) Indonesian: translokasi (id) Spanish: traslado (es), translocación

genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment

Dutch: translocatie (nl) f Finnish: translokaatio French: translocation (fr) Indonesian: translokasi (id) Italian: traslocazione (it) Portuguese: translocação Spanish: traslocación

Anagrams

• cotranslation, transcolation, triacontanols

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French

Noun

translocation f (plural translocations)

1. translocation

Further reading

• “translocation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.