e·vag·i·nate ( -v j  -n t )tr.v. e·vag·i·nat·ed, e·vag·i·nat·ing, e·vag·i·nates To cause (a body part) to turn inside out by eversion of an inner surface. [Latin  vg nre, vgnt-, to unsheath : -, ex-, ex- + vgna, sheath.]e·vag i·nation n. |
evaginate [ɪˈvædʒɪˌneɪt]
vb
(Medicine) (tr) Med to turn (an organ or part) inside out; turn the outer surface (of an organ or part) back on itself
[from Late Latin ēvāgīnāre to unsheathe, from vāgīna sheath]
evagination n
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