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de·le·tion

(dĭ-lē′shən)

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

(dɪˈliːʃən)

1. the act of deleting or fact of being deleted

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a deleted passage, word, etc, in text

3. (Genetics) the loss or absence of a section of a chromosome

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de•le•tion

(dɪˈli ʃən)

n.

1. an act of deleting.

2. something deleted.

3. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a segment of the chromosome is removed or lost.

[1580–90; < Latin]

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Noun	1.	deletion - any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases omission 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" excision, cut 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

deletion

noun

The act of erasing or the condition of being erased:

cancellation, erasure, expunction, obliteration.

Translations

حَذْف، شَطْب، مَحْو

škrtnutívymazání

fjernelsesletningstrygning

DeletionStreichung

διαγραφή

deleción

suppression abrogationdélétionraturage

útstrikun, úrfelling

cancellazione cancellatura

sletting stryking

vymazanie

izbris

çizmeslime

删除

deletion

[dɪˈliːʃən] N → supresión f, tachadura f (Comput) → borrado m, supresión f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

deletion

[dɪˈliːʃ^ən] n (in written text) → rature f; (in electronic text) → suppression f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deletion

n → Streichung f; (Comput) → Löschung f; to make a deletion → etwas streichen; he made several deletions in the text → er strich mehrere Stellen im Text; who made those deletions? → wer hat das gestrichen?

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

deletion

[dɪˈliːʃ/ən] n → soppressione f, eliminazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

delete

(diˈliːt) verb

to rub or strike out (eg a piece of writing). Delete his name from the list.

deˈletion noun

deletion

n deleción f

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Some of the variants identified include: in Acute Myeloid Leukemia samples, a large inversion on chromosome 16, which creates a CBFB MYH11 fusion; in one B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia sample, a BCR-ABL1 translocation, and deletions of tumor suppressor genes IKZF1 and CDK6; and in a separate B-ALL sample, a NF1 deletion, which is a well-known risk factor for childhood leukemia.

Bionano Genomics presents preliminary Saphyr data at CGC annual meeting

DNA was extracted (QIAGEN DNA extraction Kit, Germany) from 200-uL of blood sample collected in ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (K3-EDTA), and -[alpha]3.7 kb deletion was detected by amplifying the [alpha]-globin genes using forward and reverse primers (Integrated DNA Technologies, USA) in separate reactions.

Frequency of Alpha Thalassaemia in homozygous Beta Thalassaemia paediatric patients and its clinical impact at a blood disease centre in Karachi, Pakistan

LAHORE -- Deputy Chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha, has called upon the Khyber Pakhtunkhawa government to expose the elements who were responsible for the deletion of the reference to the faith in the Khatam Nubuwwat of the Holy Prophet in the books of Islamic Studies for class four in the province.

Every attempt to delete reference of faith in Khatme Nubuwwat from study courses would be fully resisted: Piracha

Summary: Bengaluru (Karnataka), Apr 19 (ANI): BJP's Karnataka unit on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission over alleged "mass indiscriminate deletion of voters' names from the voters list" in the state.

K'tka: BJP alleges mass deletion of voters' names from list, writes to EC

Summary: 700,000 applications were received for the deletion of voters' names

Andhra Pradesh: Election Commission launches probe

The university has announced that January 17 will be the last date for deletion and addition, while March 21 will be the deadline for withdrawing from the courses.

QU's Spring semester to commence on Sunday

In a study, researchers had evaluated RDTs performance in malaria testing and found it has limitations when there is the deletion of two genes in Plasmodium falciparum, the malaria-causing germ.

Why malaria test kit results is sometimes wrong -Experts

The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms that met with Senator Agha Shahzaib Khan Durrani in the chair directed the government to explain before committee the criteria adopted for incorporating adjustments in the projects and deletion of the development projects from the list of Public Sector Development Program (PSDP).

350 unapproved projects deleted from PSDP

Senator Panfilo Lacson might again move for the deletion of more than P16 billion right-of-way (ROW) funding under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) proposed budget next year.

Lacson wants P16B 'pork' sliced off DPWH budget

22q11.2 deletion detected by in situ hybridization in 22/39 Mexican patients with velocardiofacial syndrome-like features

Delecion 22q11.2 detectada por hibridacion in situ en 22/39 pacientes mexicanos con caracteristicas clinicas similares al sindrome velocardiofacial

Deletion of GSTM1 and GSTT1 did not show statistically significant association with adult ALL (p=0.86 and p=0.35 respectively).

Glutathione S-Transferase M1 and T1 Gene Deletions and Susceptibility to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in Adults

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