Translocate Definition

trăns-lōkāt, trănz-
translocated, translocates, translocating
verb
To cause to change location or position.
Webster's New World
To transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position; cause to undergo translocation.
American Heritage
To transfer a chromosomal segment to a new position; cause to undergo translocation.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Translocate

  • trans- +"Ž locate

    From Wiktionary

Translocate Sentence Examples

  • This prompted conservationists to translocate 60 chicks to Rutland Water, in the East Midlands.

  • This is because herbicides do not translocate well through the plant.

  • The released SREBP can then translocate to the cell nucleus to regulate transcription of genes for enzymes involved, e.g., in cholesterol synthesis.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

ETEATE

Unscrambles

translocate

Words Starting With T and Ending With E

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With T11 Letter Words Ending With E