English Explanatory Dictionary

deletion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈliːʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deletion.wav

Word forms

deletion deletions

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dēleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēlētiōnem English deletion From Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of dēlēre (“to blot out, destroy, efface”). Equivalent to delete + -ion.

Derived words

13q deletion syndrome 1p36 deletion syndrome 22q13 deletion syndrome 2q37 deletion syndrome 9q34 deletion syndrome autodeletion chromosome 5q deletion syndrome codeletion deletional deletionism deletionist hard deletion indel left-edge deletion megadeletion microdeletion nondeletion schwa deletion self-deletion soft deletion speedy deletion subdeletion transdeletion undeletion
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