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:
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Actual loss of a portion of or the entire chromosome.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Actual loss of portion of a chromosome.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(chromosomal deletion) Loss of a portion of a chromosome arm.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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