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superinvolution

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in⋅vo⋅lu⋅tion

  [in-vuh-loo-shuhn]
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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. Biology. retrograde development; degeneration.
6. Physiology. the regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
7. Grammar. a complex construction in which the subject is separated from its predicate by intervening clauses or phrases.
8. Mathematics. a function that is its own inverse.
Origin:
1605–15; < ML involūtiōn- (s. of involūtiō). See involute, -ion
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Main Entry: in·vo·lu·tion
Pronunciation: "in-v&-'lü-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : an inward curvature or penetration b : the formation of a gastrula by ingrowth of cells formed at the dorsal lip
2 : a shrinking or return to a former size <involution of the uterus afterpregnancy>
3 : the regressive alterations of a body or its parts characteristic of the aging process; specifically : decline marked by a decrease of bodily vigorand in women by menopause
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involution in·vo·lu·tion (ĭn'və-l&oomacr;'shən)
n.

  1. A decrease in size of an organ, as of the uterus following childbirth.

  2. The ingrowth and curling inward of a group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.

  3. 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.

superinvolution su·per·in·vo·lu·tion (s&oomacr;'pər-ĭn'və-l&oomacr;'shən)
n.
A reduction in the size of the uterus after childbirth to below its normal size. Also called hyperinvolution.

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involution   (ĭn'və-l'shən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A mathematical operation, such as negation, which, when applied to itself, returns the original number.

  2. The ingrowth and curling inward of a group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.

  3. A decrease in size of an organ, as of the uterus following childbirth.


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