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DELETION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of deleting something written or printed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("deletion" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deletion"):

castration; expurgation (the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work)

censoring; censorship (deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances)

erasure; expunction; expunging (deletion by an act of expunging or erasing)

Derivation:

delete (cut or eliminate)

delete (remove or make invisible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Example:

both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause

Synonyms:

cut; deletion; excision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("deletion" is a kind of...):

editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)

Derivation:

delete (cut or eliminate)

delete (remove or make invisible)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("deletion" is a kind of...):

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)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

Synonyms:

deletion; omission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("deletion" is a kind of...):

linguistic process (a process involved in human language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deletion"):

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Deletion of the CISH wild-type allele may play a role in the pathogenesis of renal cell carcinomas and of lung cancer.

(CISH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations and deletions of the gene are associated with severe mental retardation, stereotypic movements, epilepsy, and cerebral malformation.

(MEF2C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Deletion of the CD18 gene in mice produces a significant reduction in leukocyte emigration to sites of inflammation.

(Neutrophil Surface Molecule Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Deletion of the gene may be associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

(NR2F2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal deletion in the pseudoautosomal region 1 of either chromosome X or Y causing fusion of this gene with the CRLF2 gene is associated with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(P2RY8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Allelic deletions of HRAS are correlated with progression and metastasis of carcinomas and sarcomas.

(p21 H-Ras Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

HCK deletions may contribute to some acute myeloid leukemias and myeloproliferative disorders.

(p59-HCK, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic deletion may be associated with tumor formation and metastasis.

(PERP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this gene, or deletion of a chromosomal segment containing this gene, are associated with sporadic hepatocellular carcinomas, colorectal cancers, and non-small cell lung cancers.

(Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-Like Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

In some cases, there is deletion of 8q24.1 chromosome locus.

(Osteochondroma, NCI Thesaurus)