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Marbling

Food industry The increase of intramuscular fat in cattle, which increases beef’s tenderness
Forensic pathology ‘Venous patterning’ A vaguely arborescent mosaic of discolouration due to prominent subdermal vessels on the skin of a body in early (3 to 5 days) decomposition/decay
Sports medicine Skin bends, skin marbling Mottling of skin seen in divers with pulmonary barotrauma and air embolism

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marbling

1. the presence of different stages of congestion and necrosis in adjoining lobules of an organ, giving a gross effect of a pattern similar to that of marble.

2. the desirable intermixing of fat and muscle fibers in good beef produced by feeding a high energy diet when the animal is still young.

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marbling

Forensic pathology 'Venous patterning' A mosaic of discoloration due to prominent subdermal vessels on the skin of a body in early decomposition/decay Sports medicine Skin marbling Mottling of skin seen in divers with pulmonary barotrauma and air embolism. See Air embolism, Pulmonary barotrauma.