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A trait that may be of little importance in itself but which facilitates the detection or understanding of a particular disease.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Jett sees this number as a marker of how much the president allows professionals to do the job.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some pilots consider the infrared marker to be crucial to the close air-support mission to support ground troops.
Newest U.S. Stealth Fighter ‘10 Years Behind’ Older Jets|Dave Majumdar|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Certainly Democrats laid a marker down for the next two years.
‘Cromnibus’ Passes, But Did Anyone Win?|Ben Jacobs|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In their opinion, this would allow conservatives to lay a marker down on immigration while avoiding a shutdown for the time being.
Bachmann and Pelosi vs. Boehner and Obama Over Spending Bill|Ben Jacobs|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Poking out of the shiny gold pages is a “distinctive silk marker”—also gold—which “complements the color of the leather.”
Rand Paul’s Many Leather-Bound Books|Olivia Nuzzi|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No trait is better marked in the normal child than the impulse to subject others to his own disciplinary system.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Right over the stone marker, a long-shafted war-lance was carved—the blade pointing down.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
MacRae's seat, stone-marker, and aboriginal spearhead; the three lined up like the sights of a modern rifle.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It is a fine trait in Scotchmen that, deeply respecting themselves, they respect others.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Does a friend come and add to the gross character of such a man the unknown trait of disgusting gluttony?
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper