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deletion

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de·le·tion  (d-lshn)
n.
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. Genetics The loss, as through mutation, of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.

deletion [dɪˈliːʃən]
n
1. the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a deleted passage, word, etc., in text
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the loss or absence of a section of a chromosome
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.deletion - any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
aphaeresis, apheresis - (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
aphesis - the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
elision - omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
eclipsis, ellipsis - omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
linguistic process - a process involved in human language
2.deletion - (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation - (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
3.deletion - 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"
editing, redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
4.deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed
remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
expurgation, castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
censoring, censorship - deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
expunction, expunging, erasure - deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Translations
deletion [dɪˈliːʃən] Nsupresión f, tachadura f (Comput) → borrado m, supresión f
deletion [dɪˈliːʃən] n (in written text)rature f; (in electronic text)suppression f
deletion
nStreichung f; (Comput) → Löschung f; to make a deletionetwas streichen; he made several deletions in the texter strich mehrere Stellen im Text; who made those deletions?wer hat das gestrichen?
deletion [dɪˈliːʃn] nsoppressione f, eliminazione f
deletion [dɪˈliːʃn] nsoppressione f, eliminazione f


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The deletion process happens silently to prevent detection, and it can survive accidental or deliberate attempts to remove or disable the software.
This is because real-time PCR cannot identify size polymorphisms, whether they result from natural events such as the spontaneous addition and deletion of tripeptide repeats in malaria parasites (14) or deliberately malevolent manipulation of microorganisms in the laboratory as potential agents of bioterrorism.
Prior studies showed that people with this deletion lack one copy of the usual two copies of the COMT gene, which triggers production of a protein that breaks down the neurotransmitter dopamine.
 
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