deletion

[dih-lee-shuh n]

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noun

an act or instance of deleting.
the state of being deleted.
a deleted word, passage, etc.

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

Origin of deletion

1580–90; < Latin dēlētiōn- (stem of dēlētiō) a destroying, equivalent to dēlēt(us) (see delete) + -iōn- -ion

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Examples from the Web for deletion

Contemporary Examples

What does it mean, really, if your 14-week-old fetus has a deletion on chromosome 12?
New Finding That Testing Could Identify Defects in Fetuses Is a Genetics Baby Step
Kent Sepkowitz
June 8, 2012
Despite its deletion, the villagers of Calcata hold their annual procession each year.
Happy Holy Circumcision Day!
David Farley
December 31, 2009

Historical Examples

Yet I am thankful that it was not by your deletion that he was taken.
The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series
Rafael Sabatini
Of course, Miss Deane does wisely to let us have the deletion.
Seeing Things at Night
Heywood Broun
Cordelia calmly insisted on the deletion of the newly inserted paragraph surrendering the dramatic rights of the book.
The Silver Poppy
Arthur Stringer
There is no deletion and nothing more to add other than that other matter we have been talking about?
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
With this exception, and the deletion of two insignificant footnotes, no changes have been made.
The Task of Social Hygiene
Havelock Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for deletion

deletion

noun

the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
a deleted passage, word, etc, in text
the loss or absence of a section of a chromosome

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Word Origin and History for deletion

n.

1580s, from Latin deletionem (nominative deletio), noun of action from past participle stem of delere (see delete).

deletion in Medicine

deletion

(dĭ-lē′shən)

Loss, as from mutation, of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.

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Examples from the Web for deletion

Contemporary Examples

What does it mean, really, if your 14-week-old fetus has a deletion on chromosome 12?

Despite its deletion, the villagers of Calcata hold their annual procession each year.

Historical Examples

Yet I am thankful that it was not by your deletion that he was taken.

Of course, Miss Deane does wisely to let us have the deletion.

Cordelia calmly insisted on the deletion of the newly inserted paragraph surrendering the dramatic rights of the book.

There is no deletion and nothing more to add other than that other matter we have been talking about?

With this exception, and the deletion of two insignificant footnotes, no changes have been made.

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Word Origin and History for deletion

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Origin of deletion