translocation

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ location

Noun

translocation (plural translocations)

Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
- There happened certain translocations at the deluge. — Woodward.
(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.

Derived terms

Related terms

translocate

Translations

displacement, substitution

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

Spanish: traslado (es), translocación

genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment

Dutch: translocatie (nl) f
Finnish: translokaatio
French: translocation (fr)

Italian: traslocazione (it)
Portuguese: translocação
Spanish: traslocación

Anagrams

cotranslation, transcolation, triacontanols

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