invagination (redirected from basilar invagination)

in·vag·i·na·tion  (n-vj-nshn)

n.

1. The act or process of invaginating or the condition of being invaginated.

2. An invaginated organ or part.

3. Embryology The infolding of a portion of the outer layer of a blastula in the formation of a gastrula.

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invagination [ɪnˌvædʒɪˈneɪʃən]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol the process of invaginating or the condition of being invaginated; intussusception

2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol an invaginated organ or part

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) an infolding of the outer layer of cells of an organism or part of an organism so as to form a pocket in the surface, as in the embryonic development of a gastrula from a blastula

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	invagination - the condition of being folded inward or sheathed introversion condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition"
	2.	invagination - the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula" infolding, intussusception, introversion biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms