Biol. [f. prec.: see -ATION.] The formation of a border; a border distinguished by color or structure.

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1881.  H. B. Brady, in Jrnl. Microsc. Sci., Jan., 59. Sutures limbate, the limbation taking the form of raised beads.

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1894.  in Gould, Illustr. Dict. Med.

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