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invagination
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INVAGINATION
In *vag `i *na "tion, n. Etym: [L. pref. in- + vagina sheath. ]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.
Note: In embolic invagination, one half of the blastosphere is pushed in towards the other half, producing an embryonic form known as a gastrula. -- In epibolic invagination, a phenomenon in the development of some invertebrate ova, the epiblast appears to grow over or around the hypoblast.
New American Oxford Dictionary
invagination
in vag i na tion |inˌvajəˈnāSHən ɪnˌvæʤəˈneɪʃən | ▶noun chiefly Anatomy & Biology the action or process of being turned inside out or folded back on itself to form a cavity or pouch. • a cavity or pouch so formed. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin invaginatio (n- ), based on in- 2 ‘into ’ + Latin vagina ‘sheath. ’
Oxford Dictionary
invagination
in ¦va ¦gin |ation |ɪnˌvadʒɪˈneɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Anatomy & Biology the action or process of being turned inside out or folded back on itself to form a cavity or pouch. • [ count noun ] a cavity or pouch so formed. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin invaginatio (n- ), based on in- 2 ‘into ’ + Latin vagina ‘sheath ’.
Duden Dictionary
Invagination
In va gi na ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Invaginati o n |die Invagination; Genitiv: der Invagination, Plural: die Invaginationen lateinisch-neulateinisch 1 Medizin Darmeinstülpung 2 Biologie, Medizin Einstülpungsvorgang (in der Keimesentwicklung ) mit Ausbildung der dorsalen und der ventralen Urmundlippe
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