Movement from one site to another; may entail the crossing of some usually limiting barrier, as in the passage of blood cells through the walls of the vessels (diapedesis). ... Origin: L. Trans-migro, pp. -atus, to remove from one place to another ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Migration of cells from one surface of a monolayer of cells to the other side; used particularly of the migration of leucocytes from the lumen of a blood vessel across vascular endothelium and into tissue, and by extension in vitro models of this process.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: trans′mī-grā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Movement from one site to another; may entail the crossing of some usually limiting barrier, as in the passage of blood cells through the walls of the vessels (diapedesis). Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=93316
transmigration 1. The passing of people from one country to another for the purpose of residence, particularly of a whole people. 2. The passing of the soul into another body, according to the opinion of Pythagoras. 3. A form of metempsychosis or rebirth which teaches that at death the soul leaves the body to be reborn in another body as a baby.... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1310/2