de.le.tion
n.(名词)The act of deleting; removal by striking out.删除:删除的动作;划掉Material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.删除部分:从已写好的篇章或印刷品中除去的材料,如单词或章节Genetics The loss, as through mutation, of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome.【遗传学】 缺失,中间缺失:由于变异等原因导致染色体中一个或多个核苷酸的缺失