Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homodeletion

/ˌhoʊmoʊdɪˈliːʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mod-ele-tion
IPA: /ˌhoʊmoʊdɪˈliːʃən/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of chromosomal deletion where both copies (alleles) of a particular DNA sequence are lost from an individual's genome.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The study identified a homodeletion in the CDKN2A gene, which is associated with an increased risk of certain cancers."
"Define homodeletion as an operation of deleting a run of the same nucleotide and homoinsertion as an operation of inserting a run of the same nucleotide."
"While homodeletion of CYB5D2 can be detected in both the TCGA (8/1093=0.7%) and Metabric (4/2051=0.2%) datasets, the frequency is low; nonetheless, in both cohorts homodeletion in TP53 was not detected."
"These tumors often harbor homodeletion of Hippo core suppressors."

Etymology

Blend of homozygous + deletion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

homodeletions (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce homodeletion?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhoʊmoʊdɪˈliːʃən/.
What does homodeletion mean?: A type of chromosomal deletion where both copies (alleles) of a particular DNA sequence are lost from an individual's genome.
Where does homodeletion come from?: Blend of homozygous + deletion.

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