deletion
[ dih-lee-shuh n ]
/ dɪˈli ʃən /
noun
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delegatory, delegitimatize, delegitimize, delete, deleterious, deletion, deleverage, deleveraging, delft, delgado, delhi
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British Dictionary definitions for deletion
deletion
/ (dɪˈliːʃən) /
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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Medical definitions for deletion
deletion
[ dĭ-lē′shən ]
n.
Loss, as from mutation, of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.
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