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evaginate

[ ih-vaj-uh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

, e·vag·i·nat·ed, e·vag·i·nat·ing.
  1. to turn inside out, or cause to protrude by eversion, as a tubular organ.


evaginate

/ ɪˈvædʒɪˌneɪt /

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

  • eˌvagiˈnation, noun
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Other Words From

  • e·vag·i·na·ble [ih-, vaj, -, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • e·vagi·nation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of evaginate1

1650–60; < Late Latin ēvāgīnātus (past participle of ēvāgīnāre ) unsheathed, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + vāgīn ( a ) scabbard, sheath ( vagina ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of evaginate1

C17: from Late Latin ēvāgīnāre to unsheathe, from vāgīna sheath
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Example Sentences

Evaginate, ē-vaj′i-nāt, v.t. to draw from a sheath.—n.

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.

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

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