Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of deleting; removal by striking out.
- noun Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.
- noun Genetics The loss, as through mutation, of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing.
- noun An erasure; a word or passage deleted.
- noun A blotting out, as of an object; obliteration; suppression; extinction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An item that has been or will be
deleted . - noun The act of
deleting . - noun genetics A
mutation in which agene , or other section ofDNA , is removed from achromosome
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
- noun the act of deleting something written or printed
- noun the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- noun any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
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Examples
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Because the 22q11. 2 deletion is such a rare disorder, even many healthcare professionals may find themselves at a loss when it comes to diagnosing and managing it.
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Once a mutation or deletion is identified in a child with Alagille syndrome, parents and other family members can be tested for the gene change.
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Eternal deletion is not the fate of every comment relegated to the spam bin.
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If one of these other cells containing the mutation or deletion is used in a fertilization, the fetus would inherit the Jagged1 mutation.
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I guess deletion is the progressive way for the perfect city.
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The chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion is a chromosomal difference, one that may or may not "run in the family" (meaning it's hereditary).
Velocardiofacial, conotruncal anomaly face and Opitz G/BBB syndromes 2004
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The chance of having more than one affected child when a parent has the deletion is random, like the chance of getting "heads" twice in a row when you flip a coin twice.
Deletion of a small piece on the long arm of chromosome 22 2004
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The 22q11. 2 deletion is the underlying cause of the medical problems associated with DiGeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome and conotruncal anomaly face syndrome, as well as some of the problems associated with Opitz G/BBB and Cayler cardiofacial syndromes.
Velocardiofacial, conotruncal anomaly face and Opitz G/BBB syndromes 2004
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The chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion is a chromosomal difference, which may or may not run in the family.
Deletion of a small piece on the long arm of chromosome 22 2004
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On the other hand, no such deletion is possible in positions where standard English cannot contract: just as one cannot say That's what they're in standard English, That's what they is equally impossible in the vernacular we are considering.
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