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invaginate

 
Dictionary: in·vag·i·nate   (ĭn-văj'ə-nāt') pronunciation
 
tr. & intr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.
  1. To enclose or become enclosed in or as if in a sheath.
  2. To turn or become turned inward.
  3. To infold or become infolded so as to form a hollow space within a previously solid structure, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.

[Medieval Latin invāgīnāre, invāgīnāt- : Latin in-, in; see in–2 + Latin vāgīna, sheath.]


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Medical Dictionary: in·vag·i·nate
 
(ĭn-văj'ə-nāt')
v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

To infold or become infolded so as to form a hollow space within a previously solid structure, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.

 
Veterinary Dictionary: invaginate
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To infold one portion of a structure within another portion.

 
WordNet: invaginate
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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: sheathe, as in botany

Meaning #2: fold inwards, of certain organs
  Synonym: introvert


 
 
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