Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of marginating or the condition of having a margin; a marginated appearance.
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- noun The provision of
margins - noun biology
extravasation ofleukocytes to a site of tissue damage
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Examples
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And we feel partners with the United States in this major endeavor, that as a Latin American country I will be able to leave behind poverty, margination, and build a better future for our children.
Press Conference Of Presidents Clinton And Frei ITY National Archives 1997
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Fidel Castro talked about the current crime situation in the entire world which is related to poverty, margination, hunger, culture, and development inequality. [passage omitted] President Fidel Castro wished the participants a successful congress.
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The future reproductiveness is settled at a very early period, and is distinguishable under the microscope by a sort of _margination_ of the frondlets.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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At the end of this time a tendency to localisation, as evidenced by increasing firmness and more definite margination, takes place, and this is followed by general contraction and rounding off of the tumour.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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In vivo, histone administration resulted in neutrophil margination, vacuolated endothelium, intra-alveolar hemorrhage and macro - and microvascular thrombosis.
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In vivo, histone administration resulted in neutrophil margination, vacuolated endothelium, intra-alveolar hemorrhage and macro - and microvascular thrombosis.
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Electron microscopic examination revealed presence of karyopyknosis and chromatin margination in some cells, intercellular space widening, the presence of high electron-density apoptotic bodies and many vacuoles of various sizes in the cytoplasm.
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+ UCA group, light microscopy displayed abundant vacuoles of various sizes in the cytoplasm and in some cells, chromatin margination and karyopyknosis were present.
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Our main goals are to overcome poverty, margination, desperation and lack of perspectives for our youth, said the new president.
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They’re the ultimate outcasts, victims of blatant hostility and margination in a slum that gives the story its name: District 9.
IN THE WORLD OF MOVIES: NEWS FOR OCTOBER 23RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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