evaginate
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e·vag·i·nate
(ĭ-văj′ə-nāt′)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 ēvāgīnāre, ēvāgīnāt-, to unsheath : ē-, ex-, ex- + vāgīna, sheath.]
e·vag′i·na′tion 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
[C17: from Late Latin ēvāgīnāre to unsheathe, from vāgīna sheath]
eˌvagiˈnation n
e•vag•i•nate
(ɪˈvædʒ əˌneɪt)v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
to turn inside out, or cause to protrude by eversion, as a tubular organ.
[1650–60; < Late Latin ēvāgīnātus, past participle of ēvāgīnāre to unsheath = Latin ē- e- + -vāgīnāre, derivative of vāgīna sheath (see vagina)]
e•vag`i•na′tion, n.
evaginate
Past participle: evaginated
Gerund: evaginating
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