v. rare. [f. TRANS- + LOCATE. Probably suggested by next, which was used much earlier.] trans. To remove from one place to another; to displace, dislocate.
a. 1832. Bentham, Lang., Wks. 1843, VIII. 325/1. Add, upon the model of transfer, and transfuse, translocate.
1887. Amer. Nat., Oct., 944. The ribs have been translocated from the original position … to the neurapophyses.
1899. Syd. Soc. Lex., Translocate, the same as Dislocate.
b. Veg. Physiol. To subject to translocation.
1911. in Webster.
