"translocation" meaning in English

See translocation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: translocations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English location English translocation From trans- + location. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|trans-|location|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English location English translocation [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "beyond", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "across", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "across", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*tr̥h₂n̥ts", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*tr̥h₂ónts", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*terh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*térh₂t", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ónts", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*trāns", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*trāns-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "trans-", "gloss" : "across, beyond, on the far side", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "trans-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "location", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "translocation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="translocation"> From trans- + location. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} translocation (countable and uncountable, plural translocations)
  1. Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (displacement, substitution): siirto (Finnish), siirtäminen (english: displacement) (Finnish), korvaaminen (english: substitution) (Finnish), translokasi (Indonesian), traslado (Spanish), translocación (Spanish)
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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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment): translocatie [feminine] (Dutch), translokaatio (Finnish), translocation (French), translokasi (Indonesian), traslocazione (Italian), translocação (Portuguese), traslocación (Spanish)
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  3. (biochemistry) A transfer of a molecule through a membrane. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cotranslocation, hypertranslocation, nontranslocation, posttranslocation, pretranslocation, retranslocation, retrotranslocation, Robertsonian translocation, translin, translocational Related terms: translocate

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.\nProto-Indo-European *térh₂t\nProto-Indo-European *-ónts\nProto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts\nProto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts\nProto-Italic *trāns\nProto-Italic *trāns-\nLatin trans-bor.\nEnglish trans-\nEnglish location\nEnglish translocation\nFrom trans- + location.",
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          "ref": "1728–1729, J[ohn] Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], !(please specify |tome=I or II), London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "There happen'd certain translocations at the deluge.",
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          "ref": "2023 June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic:",
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        "A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred."
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        "(genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "displacement, substitution",
      "word": "siirto"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "displacement, substitution",
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      "word": "siirtäminen"
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      "lang_code": "fi",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "displacement, substitution",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "displacement, substitution",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment",
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      "word": "translocatie"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment",
      "word": "traslocazione"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment",
      "word": "translocação"
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}

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