Translocation
WordNet
noun
(1) (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts
"Translocations can result in serious congenital disorders"
(2) The transport of dissolved material within a plant
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
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- There happened certain translocations at the deluge
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- A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.