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Sequester

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<B>1.</B> In medicine, to set apart, detach or separate a small portion of tissue from the rest.

<B>2.</B> In bone, for a piece of dead bone to separate from the sound bone.

<B>3.</B> In biochemistry, to isolate a constituent of a system by chelation or other means.</P> From the French sequestrer, from the late Latin sequestrare, meaning to place in safe keeping.

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