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microdeletion

noun

Etymology

From micro- + deletion.

  1. borrowed from dēlētus
  2. suffixed as deletion — “delete + ion”
  3. prefixed as microdeletion — “micro + deletion”

Definitions

  1. A genetic mutation resulting from the deletion of a small part of a chromosome, usually…

    A genetic mutation resulting from the deletion of a small part of a chromosome, usually involving many genes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microdeletion. 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