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noun
1.
an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
2.
the state of being involved.
3.
something complicated.
4.
Botany, Zoology.
a.
a rolling up or folding in upon itself.
b.
a part so formed.
5.
EXPANDBiology. retrograde development; degeneration.
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Involution
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| involution (ˌɪnvəˈluːʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of involving or complicating or the state of being involved or complicated |
| 2. | something involved or complicated |
| 3. | zoology degeneration or structural deformation |
| 4. | biology an involute formation or structure |
| 5. | physiol reduction in size of an organ or part, as of the uterus following childbirth or as a result of ageing |
| 6. | Compare evolution an algebraic operation in which a number, variable, expression etc, is raised to a specified power |
| 7. | grammar an involved construction, such as one in which the subject is separated from the predicate by an additional clause |
| invo'lutional | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
involution in·vo·lu·tion (ĭn'və-l&oomacr;'shən)
n.
A decrease in size of an organ, as of the uterus following childbirth.
The ingrowth and curling inward of a group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.
A progressive decline or degeneration of normal physiological functioning occurring as a result of the aging process. Also called catagenesis.
in'vo·lu'tion·al adj.
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Science Dictionary
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