migration (redirected from Migratory behavior)

migration /mi·gra·tion/ (mi-gra´shun)

1. an apparently spontaneous change of place, as of symptoms.

2. diapedesis.

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mi·gra·tion (m-grshn)

n.

1. The moving from place to place, as of disease symptoms.

2. See diapedesis.

3. The movement of a tooth or teeth out of normal position.

4. The movement of one or more atoms from one position to another within a molecule.

5. The movement of ions between electrodes during electrolysis.

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migration

[mīgrā′shən]

Etymology: L, migrare, to wander

the passage of the ovum from the ovary into a fallopian tube and then into the uterus.

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migration

movement of living things from one place to another by their own volition. Also used to describe movement of nonliving biological material, e.g. migration of protein in electrophoretic media.

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migration inhibition factor

see leukocyte migration-inhibition factor, macrophage inhibition factor, migration inhibition test (below).

migration inhibition test

an in vitro test for detection of cell-mediated immunity (or delayed hypersensitivity) in which peritoneal exudate cells (lymphocytes and macrophages) are packed in capillary tubes and placed in a medium; if the medium contains an antigen to which the lymphocytes are primed, macrophage migration from the tubes is inhibited by lymphokines, particularly macrophage inhibiting factor, released by the antigen stimulated lymphocytes.