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Robertsonian translocation

noun

Etymology

From Robertsonian + translocation.

  1. borrowed from locatio
  2. prefixed as translocation — “trans + location”
  3. compounded as robertsonian translocation — “Robertsonian + translocation”

Definitions

  1. A rare form of chromosomal rearrangement where the participating chromosomes break at…

    A rare form of chromosomal rearrangement where the participating chromosomes break at their centromeres and the long arms fuse to form a single, large chromosome with a single centromere.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Robertsonian translocation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA