margination

mar·gin·ate   (mär'jə-nāt')    tr.v.   mar·gin·at·ed, mar·gin·at·ing, mar·gin·ates To provide with or be a margin to; border. To add margin to (a stock portfolio). adj.   marginate (-nĭt, -nāt) also mar·gin·at·ed (-nā'tĭd) Biology Having a border or an edge of distinctive color or pattern. mar'gin·a'tion n.

Main Entry: mar·gin·ation
Pronunciation: "mär-j&-'nA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of forming a margin;specifically : 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>

margination mar·gin·a·tion (mär'jə-nā'shən)
n.
The adhesion of white blood cells to the endothelial cells of blood vessels that occurs at the site of an injury during the early phases of inflammation.