Provide with a margin or border; form a border to.
‘the nuclear chromatin is marginated at the nuclear membrane’
‘Magnetic resonance imaging showed a 2.5-cm, smoothly marginated, ovoid mass that did not have the signal characteristics typical for benign adenoma or myelolipoma.’
‘Damaged endothelial cells secrete p-selectin, e-selectin, intracellular adhesion molecules and vascular cell adhesion molecules that induce monocytes to marginate, roll, and adhere to endothelial surfaces.’
‘Other cells such as macrophages and/or marginated neutrophils, which are known to have a high NADPH oxidase activity, could also contribute to the lung oxidant burden that takes place during the ischemic storage.’
‘The left and right diaphragm appear as sharply marginated domes.’
‘Sharply marginated secondary lobules may be seen in infection and hemorrhage.’
adjective
Biology
Having a distinct margin or border.
‘The trunk tergites have a pair of slightly curved longitudinal paramedian sutures, and more posterior tergites are marginate with a ridge along the lateral margin.’
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