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infolding

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[in-fohl-ding] / ɪnˈfoʊl dɪŋ /

noun

  1. invagination.


Etymology

Origin of infolding

infold 2 + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Twitching and infolding to the squealing feedback, his arms drawing invisible trails on the air, Nodine searches time and space for the echoes of his lost youth.

From The Guardian Apr. 27, 2013

The mechanism is uncertain, but the live-virus vaccine might cause swelling of bowel lymph nodes and increase contraction, leading to infolding.

From Nature May 25, 2011

A rotavirus vaccine was suspended in the United States in 1999 after public-health officials received 15 reports of intussusception, an infolding of the bowel, in vaccinated infants.

From Nature May 25, 2011

Invagination: a pouch or sac formed by an infolding or indrawing of the outer surface.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

The melancholy of the forest encompassed 271 them, infolding them like a mantle.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

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