Medical term:
margination
margination
[mar″jĭ-na´shun]accumulation and adhesion of leukocytes to the epithelial cells of blood vessel walls at the site of injury in the early stages of inflammation.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
mar·gin·a·tion
(mar'ji-nā'shŭn),A phenomenon that occurs during the relatively early phases of inflammation; as a result of dilation of capillaries and slowing of the bloodstream, leukocytes tend to occupy the periphery of the cross-sectional lumen and adhere to the endothelial cells that line the vessels.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
mar·gin·a·tion
(mahr'ji-nā'shŭn)A phenomenon that occurs during the relatively early phases of inflammation; as a result of dilation of capillaries and slowing of the bloodstream, leukocytes tend to occupy the periphery of the cross-sectional lumen and adhere to the endothelial cells that line the vessels.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
mar·gin·a·tion
(mahr'ji-nā'shŭn)A hematologic phenomenon that occurs during the relatively early phases of inflammation.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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