translocate

translocate [trans-loh-keyt, tranz-] Word Origin verb (used with object), trans·lo·cat·ed, trans·lo·cat·ing.

1. to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.

Origin of translocate First recorded in 1825–35; trans- + locate British Dictionary definitions for translocate translocate verb

1. (tr) to move; displace

translocate in Medicine translocate [trăns-lō′kāt′, trănz-] v.

1. To change from one place or one position to another; to displace.
2. To transfer a chromosomal segment to a new position; to cause to undergo translocation.