Look up: deletion

1. deletion
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dĕ-lē′shŭn Definitions: 1. In genetics, any spontaneous elimination of part of the normal genetic complement, whether cytogenetically visible (chromosomal deletion) or found by molecular techniques.
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2. Deletion
   A removal of a portion of a gene.
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3. deletion
   [n] - the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage 2. [n] - the act of deleting something written or printed
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4. Deletion
   One of the three universals of human perception; the process by which selected portions of the world are excluded from the representation created by the person. Within language systems, deletion is a transformational process in which portions of the Deep Structure are removed and, therefore, do not appear in the Surface Structure representation.
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5. Deletion
   Deletion: Loss of a segment of DNA from a chromosome (and hence from the genome). The first human chromosome deletion was detected in 1963 by Jerome Lejeune and his colleagues in Paris. They discovered loss of part of 5p, the short (p) arm of chromosome 5, in children with a hitherto-undescribed con...
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6. deletion
   A genetic rearrangement through loss of segments of DNA(chromosomes),bringing sequences,which are normally separated,into close proximity. Category: Medicine
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7. Deletion
   De·le'tion noun [ Latin deletio , from delere . See Delete .] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [ Obsolete] Jer. Taylor. « A total deletion of every person of the opposing party.» Sir M. Hale.
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8. deletion
   <genetics> A chromosome abnormality in which part of a single chromosome has been lost. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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9. deletion
   excision noun the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; `an editor`s deletions frequently upset young authors`; `both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause`
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10. deletion
    noun the act of deleting something written or printed
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11. deletion
    noun (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
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12. deletion
    (de·le·tion) (dĕ-le´shun) in genetics, loss of genetic material from a chromosome. Examples of large-scale chromosomal deletions: (A), terminal; (B), interstitial.
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13. Deletion
    • (n.) Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
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14. deletion
    (from the article `heredity`) The simplest, but perhaps most damaging, structural change is a deletion—the complete loss of a part of one chromosome. In a haploid cell this is ...
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15. deletion
    deletion (s), deletions (pl) 1. The act of deleting; removal by striking out. 2. Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter. 3. Something erased, scored out, or removed from a text or a computer file or directory. 4. In genetics, the loss or absence of part of a chromosome, ranging fr...
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16. Deletion
    A loss of part of the DNA from a chromosome; can lead to a disease or abnormality.
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17. deletion
    The loss of a chromosome segment without altering the number of chromosomes.
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18. Deletion
    A loss of part of the DNA from a chromosome; can lead to a disease or abnormality.
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19. Deletion
    (genetics) In genetics, a `deletion` (also called `gene deletion`, `deficiency`, or `deletion mutation`) is a mutation (a genetic aberration) in which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is missing. Deletion is the loss of genetic material. Any number of nucleotides can be deleted, fr...
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20. Deletion
    (music industry) `Deletion` is a music industry term referring to the removal of a record or records from a label`s official catalog, so that it is out of print, but usually at a record artist`s request.<ref name="Druckenbrod">