translocation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the transport of dissolved material within a plant
  2. noun (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts
    • translocations can result in serious congenital disorders

WordNet


Trans`lo*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Pref. trans- + location.
Definitions
  1. removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.
    There happened certain translocations at the deluge. Woodward.

Webster 1913