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em⋅i⋅gra⋅tion

  [em-i-grey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of emigrating.
2. a body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
3. Physiology. diapedesis.
Origin:
1640–50; < LL ēmīgrātiōn- (s. of ēmīgrātiō) removal. See emigrate, -ion

Related forms:
em⋅i⋅gra⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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em·i·grate   (ěm'ĭ-grāt')   
intr.v.   em·i·grat·ed, em·i·grat·ing, em·i·grates
To leave one country or region to settle in another. See Usage Note at migrate.

[Latin ēmigrāre, ēmigrāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + migrāre, to move; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
em'i·gra'tion (ěm'ĭ-grā'shən) n.
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Word Origin & History

emigration 
1649, from L.L. emigrationem (nom. emigratio) "removal from a place," from L. emigrare "move away, depart from a place," from ex- "out" + migrare "to move" (see migration). Emigrant first recorded 1754.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: em·i·gra·tion
Pronunciation: "em-&-'grA-sh&n
Function: noun
: DIAPEDESIS
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emigration em·i·gra·tion (ěm'ĭ-grā'shən)
n.
The passage of white blood cells through the walls of small blood vessels.

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