emargination
(ɪˌmɑːdʒɪˈneɪʃən)
[as if ad. L. *ēmarginātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēmargināre to emarginate.]
1. The process of cleansing wounds or sores by removing the morbid matter on the edges.
| 1676 in Bullokar. 1678–96 in Phillips. 1721 in Bailey. 1882 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
2. Notching or indentation of the margin.
| 1834 M{supc}Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 251 They all have a widely opened..shell, with neither operculum, emargination, nor syphon. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 21 The sternum has a wide lateral emargination. |