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translocate

 
Dictionary: trans·lo·cate   (trăns-lō'kāt', trănz-) pronunciation
tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
  1. To cause to change from one place or position to another; displace.
  2. To transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position; cause to undergo translocation.

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(trăns-lō'kāt', trănz-)
v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
  1. To change from one place or one position to another; to displace.
  2. To transfer a chromosomal segment to a new position; to cause to undergo translocation.
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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position

Meaning #2: move from one place to another, esp. of wild animals


 
 

 

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