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marker

n.

1. a detectable sign, as in a genetic marker or clinical marker.

2. any variation in a process or characteristic that is associated with a condition, event, or other object of interest. For example, enlarged perivascular spaces are a promising neuroimaging marker of small vessel disease. See biochemical marker; biological marker.

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