translocate verb. ['translǝʊkeɪt, trɑ:ns-, -nz-] E19.
[from TRANS- + LOCATE, prob. partly as back-form. from TRANSLOCATION.]
1. verb trans. Move from one place to another; relocate; rearrange; esp. transfer (wild animals) to another part of their (former) range. E19.

2. verb trans. Physiology & Biochemistry. Subject (a substance) to translocation. Usu. in pass. E20.

3. verb trans. Genetics. Move (a portion of a chromosome) to a new position on the same or a different chromosome. M20.

4. verb intrans. Move, change location. L20.

■ translocatable adjective (Genetics) able to be translocated L20.

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