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marginate
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mar·gin·ate  (märj-nt)
tr.v. mar·gin·at·ed, mar·gin·at·ing, mar·gin·ates
1. To provide with or be a margin to; border.
2. To add margin to (a stock portfolio).
adj. marginate (-nt, -nt) also mar·gin·at·ed (-ntd)
Biology Having a border or an edge of distinctive color or pattern.

margin·ation n.

marginate [ˈmɑːdʒɪˌneɪt]
vb
(tr) to provide with a margin or margins
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology having a margin of a distinct colour or form marginate leaves
[from Latin margināre]
margination  n


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The key feature is that nonsharp ("diffuse") margination will be present in some significant proportion of eczematous lesions, whereas the sharp margination will occur around the entire lesion in papulosquamous disease.
The morphological studies indicated that HUVEC showed unobvious chromatic agglutination, slight chromatin margination and typical apoptotic body in turns with the increased concentrations of taspine.
The implementation of telemammography is challenged by the very demanding spatial resolution requirements of mammography as compared with other forms of medical imaging, because of the need to detect microcalcifications and the fine details of lesion margination.
 
 
 
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