Translocation

Definition: Translocation

Translocation

Noun

1. The transport of dissolved material within a plant.

2. (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts; "translocations can result in serious congenital disorders".

Note: Translocation \Trans`lo*ca"tion\, noun. [Prefix trans- location.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Translocation

Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	A)generally, the movement of solutes within and between the tissues of a living plant; b)more particularly, the movement of carbohydrates and other organic substances within the phloem(constituting the phloem sap). Source: European Union. (references)
	The movement of material in solution inside the body of the plant. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography	Movement of dissolved or undissolved substances within or on the surface of the soil caused by water, air and human activities or soil organisms. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	The change in position of a chromosome segment to another location in the same or a different chromosome. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Translocation

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Transference	Noun: transfer, transference; translocation, elocation; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion, amotion; relegation; deportation, asportation; extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage; convection, conduction, contagion; transfer; (of property).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Translocation

Specialty definitions using "translocation": Bacterial Translocation ♦ Chromosome Fragility, Clarithromycin ♦ Erythromycin Estolate, Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate ♦ Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl ♦ Genes, abl, Genes, rel ♦ I-kappa B ♦ p42 MAP Kinase, Peptide Elongation Factor 2, Peptide Elongation Factor G, Philadelphia Chromosome, Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System, Protein Transport, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Translocation

Domain	Title
Books	Investigations on the mechanism of ion translocation through Fb1sFb0s-ATPases : studies with the sodium-dependent enzyme from Propionigenium modestum (reference) Protein Targeting and Translocation (reference) Selected Abstracts on Translocation and Amplification of Oncogenes (reference) Translocation in plants (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Translocation

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	This illustration, with and without text is titled "Genetic Fingerprints For Cancer." It explains the components of a chromosome and a gene. It also illustrates translocation, which causes some types of cancers. See artworks: GA-17. Credit: Jane Hurd (artist).		Shown is an illustration of the translocation of chromosomes, a mechanism that causes some cancers. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Translocation

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Genetic counseling can be sought to find the origin of the translocation. (references)
		This is because one of the two parents may be a balanced carrier of the translocation. (references)
		The translocation occurs when a piece of chromosome 21 becomes attached to another chromosome, often number 14, during cell division. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Translocation

"Translocation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Translocation" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	49	48,677

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Translocation

Expressions using "translocation": Bacterial Translocation ♦ Translocation (Genetics). Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Translocation

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
20 8 chromosome translocation unbalanced	77
translocation	20
balanced translocation	14
robertsonian translocation	11
translocation down syndrome	5
13 translocation trisomy	5
chromosome translocation	5
macular translocation	3
reciprocal translocation	3
balanced chromosome translocation	3
chromosomal translocation	3
retinal translocation	2
translocation unbalanced	2
balanced miscarriage translocation	2
chromosomes translocation	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Translocation

Language		Translations for "translocation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		разместване (dislocation, reversal, shift, shuffle), преместване (displacement, remove, transfer, transposition). (various references)

Chinese		迁移 (migration, migratory, out-migration). (various references)

Danish		translokation, translocation, stofvanding. (various references)

Dutch		translocatie, migratie in de bodem, inspoeling en uitspoeling. (various references)

Finnish		translokaatio, kulkeutuminen (advection, migration, transportation). (various references)

French		translocation, transfert (transfer, transference), circulation (movement of traffic, traffic). (various references)

German		Translokation, Verlagerung (displacement, movement, moving, shift, transfer). (various references)

Greek		μετατόπιση (displacement, lurch, moving, relocation, removal, transposition). (various references)

Italian		traslocazione (movement), circolazione (circuit, circulation, currency, cycle, tour, traffic, whitlow). (various references)

Pig Latin		anslocationtray

Portuguese		translocação, transferência (delivery, transfer, transference), circulação (circulation, currency, march, running, traffic). (various references)

Spanish		transposición (transposal, transposition), translocación, transbordación, eluviación, circulación (circulation, currency, movement, traffic). (various references)

Swedish		translokation, omlagring, förflyttning (displacement, locomotion, removal, transfer, transplantation, transport, transportation). (various references)

Vietnamese		tội phát vãng, sự di chuyển (move, transfer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Translocation

Derivations
	Words beginning with "translocation": translocations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Translocation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: translocate, translocating. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Translocation"

Words rhyming with "translocation" (pronounced 'Trans`lo*ca"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Translocation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: transaction, translation.
	-3 letters: annotators, carnations, cartoonist, castration, constraint, contraltos, lactations, notational, rotational, tarnations, tractional.
	-4 letters: annotator, antisolar, atonalist, cantorial, carnation, cilantros, coattails, colorants, conations, consortia, constrain, contrails, contralto, lactation, locations, natations, nationals, nonactors, nonartist, noncoital, nonracial, nonsocial, notations, raincoats, rationals, rotations, saltation, santolina, stational, tailcoats, tarnation, tonsorial, torsional, tractions, transonic.
	-5 letters: actinons, alations, annalist.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: translocations.
	+2 letters: congratulations.
	+4 letters: congregationalist, conversationalist.
	+5 letters: congregationalists, conversationalists, fractionalizations.
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