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in⋅vag⋅i⋅nate

  [v. in-vaj-uh-neyt; adj. in-vaj-uh-nit, -neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to insert or receive, as into a sheath; sheathe.
2. to fold or draw (a tubular organ) back within itself; intussuscept.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become invaginated; undergo invagination.
4. to form a pocket by turning in.
–adjective
5. folded or turned back upon itself.
6. sheathed.
Origin:
1650–60; < ML invāgīnātus, ptp. of invāgīnāre to sheathe. See in- 2 , vaginate
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in·vag·i·nate   (ĭn-vāj'ə-nāt')   
tr. & intr.v.   in·vag·i·nat·ed, in·vag·i·nat·ing, in·vag·i·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

Main Entry: in·vag·i·nate
Pronunciation: in-'vaj-&-"nAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -nat·ed; -nat·ing
transitive senses
1 : to cover or enclose (as within the body) invaginated organs of the female—Year Book of Neurology, Psychiatry & Neurosurgery>
2 : to fold in so that an outer becomes an inner surface <invaginate the sac into the lumen—E. A. Graham> invaginate intransitive senses
: to undergo invagination
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invaginate in·vag·i·nate (ĭn-vāj'ə-nāt')
v. in·vag·i·nat·ed, in·vag·i·nat·ing, in·vag·i·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.

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