Word: translocation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: trans
lo
ca
tion
Definition: A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
Morphemes:
Affix: trans-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trāns
Language: la
Decoded: trans
Meaning: across, on the far side, beyond
Affix: locate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: locātus
Language: la
Decoded: locatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: put, placed, having been set.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a state or condition
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.