EVAGINATE

Etymology

Verb

evaginate (third-person singular simple present evaginates, present participle evaginating, simple past and past participle evaginated)

(intransitive) To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.

(transitive) To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.

Adjective

evaginate (not comparable)

Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated.

Anagrams

• A negative, enavigate

Source: Wiktionary


E*vag"i*nate, a. [L. evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed. See Evagination.]

Definition: Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane.

E*vag"i*nate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Evaginated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaginating.]

Definition: To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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