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translocation (countable anduncountable,pluraltranslocations)
- Removal of things from one place to another;displacement;substitution of one thing for another.
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- (genetics) Atransfer of achromosomalsegment to a newposition, especially on anonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
- (biochemistry) Atransfer of amolecule through a membrane.
displacement, substitution
genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment
translocation f (pluraltranslocations)
- translocation
