invagination

[ in-vaj-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun
  1. the act or process of invaginating.

  2. Embryology. the inward movement of a portion of the wall of a blastula in the formation of a gastrula.

  1. a form or shape resulting from an infolded tissue.

Origin of invagination

1
First recorded in 1650–60; invaginate + -ion

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British Dictionary definitions for invagination

invagination

/ (ɪnˌvædʒɪˈneɪʃən) /


noun
  1. pathol the process of invaginating or the condition of being invaginated; intussusception

  2. pathol an invaginated organ or part

  1. 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

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