poistuma — meaning in English

English meaning

• attrition noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
• deletion noun Something that has been removed, or is due to be removed.

Senses

poistuma is used for these senses in English:

• attrition (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.
• deletion (genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.

attrition — full definition

1. noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
2. noun The physical wearing away of a surface by friction or grinding.

deletion — full definition

1. noun Something that has been removed, or is due to be removed.
2. noun The action of removing something.
3. noun In genetics, the loss of a gene, or another piece of DNA, from a chromosome.
4. noun (informal) An act of killing someone.

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