migrating

(mi’grat-ing) [L. mi’grans]. Moving from place to place; occupying succe ively different parts of the same organ. in i grat i on (mi-gra’shun) [L. migra’tio]. 1. An apparently spontaneous change of place. 2. The movement of leukocytes through the walls of the ve els. external m., the pa age of an ovum from the ovary to the oviduct of the opposite side without pa ing through the uterus. ternal m., the pa ing of an ovum from an ovary into the uterus in the normal way, followed by its entry into the opposite oviduct. m. of leukocytes, the pa age of white corpuscles through the wall of a ve el. m. of the ovum, the pa age of the ovum from the ovary.