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.
- m. of placenta placenta marginata.
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mar·gin·ation .mär-jə-'nā-shən n
1) the act or process of forming a margin specif the adhesion of white blood cells to the walls of damaged blood vessels
2) the action of finishing a dental restoration or a filling for a cavity <\margination of an amalgam with a bur>
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mar·gi·na·tion (mahr″jĭ-naґshən) accumulation and adhesion of leukocytes to the endothelial cells of blood vessel walls at the site of injury in the early stages of inflammation.Medical dictionary. 2011.