DEMARCATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demarcate mean? 

• DEMARCATE (verb)
  The verb DEMARCATE has 2 senses:

1. separate clearly, as if by boundaries

2. set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something

  Familiarity information: DEMARCATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMARCATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they demarcate    ... he / she / it demarcates   
Past simple: demarcated   
Past participle: demarcated   
-ing form: demarcating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Separate clearly, as if by boundaries

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "demarcate" is one way to...):

differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

demarcation (a conceptual separation or distinction)

demarcation (the boundary of a specific area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

delimit; delimitate; demarcate

Hypernyms (to "demarcate" is one way to...):

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

demarcation (the boundary of a specific area)

 Context examples 

These well-demarcated growths, more common in women than men and sometimes hereditary, may indicate elevated cholesterol levels in the blood or the fatty degeneration of the superficial fibers of the orbicularis muscle.

(Eyelid Xanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, WHO grade II or III infiltrating astrocytoma characterized by the presence of sharply demarcated foci, composed of a neuropil-like matrix.

(Glioneuronal Tumor with Neuropil-Like Islands, NCI Thesaurus)

Neoplasms of the meningeal coverings, typically well demarcated with pushing encapsulated borders.

(Mouse Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A benign, small and slightly elevated brown or black skin lesion with usually well-demarcated borders.

(Pigmented Spindle Cell Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

The lesions most frequently occur in the scalp, are well demarcated, may be superficial or deep, and are not associated with inflammation.

(Aplasia Cutis Congenita, NCI Thesaurus)

An enhancing lesion is a well-demarcated area of unequivocally increased signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) images compared with normal-appearing, surrounding tissue following intravenous injection of a gadolinium chelate.

(Enhancing Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign, well-demarcated polypoid neoplasm arising from the bile duct epithelium.

(Bile Duct Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A light brown, sharply demarcated skin patch.

(Cafe Au Lait Patch, NCI Thesaurus)

An inflammatory skin condition in the diaper area superimposed with Candida infection, characterized by a bright red rash with a sharply demarcated edge and satellite lesions.

(Candida Diaper Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

It appears in childhood as redness on the palms and soles which progresses to well demarcated, thickened, yellowish and waxy lesions.

(Diffuse Palmoplantar Keratoderma, NCI Thesaurus)