Translocation \Trans`lo*ca"tion\, n. [Pref. trans- + location.] removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another. There happened certain translocations at the deluge. --Woodward.
translocation n 1: the transport of dissolved material within a plant 2: (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts; "translocations can result in serious congenital disorders"