translocation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Translocation \Trans`lo*ca"tion\, n. [Pref. trans- + location.]
   removal of things from one place to another; substitution of
   one thing for another.
   [1913 Webster]

         There happened certain translocations at the deluge.
                                                  --Woodward.
   [1913 Webster] Translucence