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evaginate
CIDE DICTIONARY
evaginate, a. [L. evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed. See Evagination.].
Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination{2}; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
evaginate, v. i. & t.
To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
evaginate, v.tr. Med. & Physiol. turn (a tubular organ) inside out.
Derivative
evagination n.
Etymology
L evaginare (as E-, vaginare as VAGINA)
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