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deletion

Pronunciation: /dɪˈliːʃən/

The English word “deletion” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An item that has been or will be deleted.
  2. The act of deleting.
  3. A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
  4. An act of killing or murder.

Etymology

From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

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