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evaginate

[ ih-vaj-uh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

evaginated, evaginating.
  1. to turn inside out, or cause to protrude by eversion, as a tubular organ.


evaginate

/ ɪˈæɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. tr med to turn (an organ or part) inside out; turn the outer surface of (an organ or part) back on itself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ···Բ· [ih-, vaj, -, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • ·i·ԲtDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of evaginate1

1650–60; < Late Latin ŧ岵īٳܲ (past participle of ŧ岵ī ) unsheathed, equivalent to ŧ- e- 1 + 岵ī ( a ) scabbard, sheath ( vagina ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of evaginate1

C17: from Late Latin ŧ岵ī to unsheathe, from 岵īa sheath
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Evaginate, ŧ-vaj′i-nāt, v.t. to draw from a sheath.—n.

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The original anterior vesicle from which the hemispheres evaginate is composed, as already shown, of an anterior part or telencephalon and a posterior or thalamencephalon; the whole forming the third ventricle in the adult.

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Evaginate: extruded by eversion; turned inside out when extruded.

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