Usually means: Alteration of DNA reading frame.
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  1. frameshift: Merriam-Webster
  2. frameshift: Collins English Dictionary
  3. frameshift: Wordnik
  4. frameshift: Wiktionary
  5. frameshift: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. frameshift: Dictionary.com
  7. Frameshift: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. frameshift: FreeDictionary.org
  9. frameshift: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. frameshift: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  4. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (frameshift)

noun:  A frameshift mutation.
verb:  To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.

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