deleção

Meaning

1. (feminine) destruction; elimination
2. (feminine) deletion (mutation causing loss of DNA from chromosomes)
3. (feminine) deletion (act of erasing data from storage)

Concepts

deletion

deficiency

deletion mutation

gene deletion

Synonyms

exclusão

deletamento

Translations

deleción

délétion

Deletion

supressió

deleció

Löschung

Gendeletion

suppression

cassure chromosomique

delezione

deletie

supresión

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.leˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: deletio

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction”).