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deletion definition

de·letion (dē lē′s̸hən, di-)

noun

  1. a deleting or being deleted
  2. a deleted word, passage, etc.
  3. Genetics the absence of some normal portion of a chromosome

Etymology: L deletio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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