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Translocation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Translocation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the transport of dissolved material within a plant

2

(genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts

"translocations can result in serious congenital disorders"

3

Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organic process

Origin

This word comes from combining the prefix trans- with location. It originally meant a moving or placing across to a different position.

Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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