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evaginate

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e⋅vag⋅i⋅nate

  [i-vaj-uh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to turn inside out, or cause to protrude by eversion, as a tubular organ.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL ēvāgīnātus (ptp. of ēvāgīnāre) unsheathed, equiv. to ē- e- + vāgīn(a) scabbard, sheath (see vagina ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅vag⋅i⋅na⋅ble  [i-vaj-uh-nuh-buhl] , adjective
e⋅vag⋅i⋅na⋅tion, noun
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e·vag·i·nate   (ĭ-vāj'ə-nāt')   
tr.v.   e·vag·i·nat·ed, e·vag·i·nat·ing, e·vag·i·nates
To cause (a body part) to turn inside out by eversion of an inner surface.

[Latin ēvāgīnāre, ēvāgīnāt-, to unsheath : ē-, ex-, ex- + vāgīna, sheath.]
e·vag'i·na'tion n.
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