TRANSMIGRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transmigration mean? 

• TRANSMIGRATION (noun)
  The noun TRANSMIGRATION has 1 sense:

1. the passing of a soul into another body after death

  Familiarity information: TRANSMIGRATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSMIGRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The passing of a soul into another body after death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("transmigration" is a kind of...):

rebirth; reincarnation; renascence (a second or new birth)

Derivation:

transmigrate (be born anew in another body after death)

 Context examples 

Natalizumab binds to the alpha4-subunit of alpha4beta1 and alpha4beta7 integrins expressed on the surface of all leukocytes except neutrophils, inhibiting the alpha4-mediated adhesion of leukocytes to counter-receptor(s) such as vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1); natalizumab-mediated disruption of VCAM-1 binding by these integrins may prevent the transmigration of leukocytes across the endothelium into inflamed parenchymal tissue.

(Natalizumab, NCI Thesaurus)