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translocation

The correct spelling is translocation.

How to pronounce translocation

noun

Say it like: Tra-nsl-oca-sho-n

The correct spelling is translocation. Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
  2. 2.A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
  3. 3.A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.

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