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de⋅le⋅tion

  [di-lee-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of deleting.
2. the state of being deleted.
3. a deleted word, passage, etc.
4. Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a segment of the chromosome is removed or lost.
Origin:
1580–90; < L dēlētiōn- (s. of dēlētiō) a destroying, equiv. to dēlēt(us) (see delete ) + -iōn- -ion
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de·le·tion   (dĭ-lē'shən)   
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.
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Deletion

De*le"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. --Sir M. Hale.
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Main Entry: de·le·tion
Pronunciation: di-'lE-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the absence of a section of genetic material from a chromosome
2 : the mutational process that results in a deletion
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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deletion de·le·tion (dĭ-lē'shən)
n.
Loss, as from mutation, of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.

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