Dictionary Definition

translocation

1 the transport of dissolved material within a plant

2 (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts; "translocations can result in serious congenital disorders"

User Contributed Dictionary

Prefix trans- + location.

Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
Quotations
- There happened certain translocations at the deluge
A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.

Translocation may refer to:

chromosomal translocation in genetics
transport of food through phloem in plants
Protein translocation, a process in protein biosynthesis
Translocation (Wildlife conservation): Capture, transport and release or introduction or reintroduction of wildlife i.e. wild species of plants and animals etc. from one location to another.
when a person from one continent wears garments typical of another continent and subsequently, highly inappropriate for their given setting. e.g. an eskimo wearing a grass skirt.

translocation in German: Translokation

translocation in Urdu: نقل مقامی