Cell or Molecular Dysfunction
chromosome deletion
chro·mo·some de·le·tion [ kroh-muh-sohm dih-lee-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Loss of Heterozygosity; Sequence Deletion; Monosomy
Definitions related to chromosome deletion:
  • Actual loss of a portion of or the entire chromosome.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Actual loss of portion of a chromosome.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (chromosomal deletion) Loss of a portion of a chromosome arm.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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