TRANSLOCATION


Meaning of TRANSLOCATION in English

/trans'loh kay"sheuhn, tranz'-/ , n.

1. a change of location.

2. Genetics. a chromosomal rearrangement in which a segment of genetic material from one chromosome becomes heritably linked to another chromosome.

3. Bot. the conduction of soluble food material from one part of a plant to another.

[ 1615-25; TRANS- + LOCATION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .