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Definition of Invaginate
1. Verb. Sheathe. "The chrysalis is invaginated"
2. Verb. Fold inwards. "Some organs can invaginate"
Generic synonyms: Draw In, Retract
Specialized synonyms: Intussuscept
Derivative terms: Introversion, Introversion, Invagination
Definition of Invaginate
1. v. t. To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in.
2. a. Sheathed.
Definition of Invaginate
1. Verb. (context: medicine surgery) To fold up or enclose into a sheath-like or pouch-like structure, either naturally or as part of a surgical procedure. ¹
2. Verb. (medicine) To turn or fold inwardly. ¹
3. Verb. (medicine) Infolding to create a hollow space where none had existed, as with a gastrula forming from a blastula. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Invaginate
1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Medical Definition of Invaginate
1. To ensheathe, infold, or insert a structure within itself or another. Origin: L. In, in, + vagina, a sheath (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invaginate
Literary usage of Invaginate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1880)
"In all the types of Nemertea in which the development is relatively not abbreviated
there is an invaginate gastrula, while in the types with a greatly ..."
2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The orifice of the two-layered invaginate embryo or gastrula of many animals.
The term was introduced by Lankester in 1875. ..."
3. Surgery: A Practical Treatise with Special Reference to Treatment by Charles William Mansell Moullin (1893)
"... supported by the ring inside, is pushed into the other so as to invaginate it.
... invaginate ..."
4. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"tion of the epiblast and hypoblast is a secondary modification of an invaginate
type (aide Vol. IL p. 457). The type of some Turbellaria ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"In addition to these cases of the development of invaginate ... development leaves
no doubt that he has observed invaginate ..."
6. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1887)
"(I) In A rea there are three forms : ( 1 ) facetted, aggregated, and placed
anteriorly and posteriorly on the mantle edge; (2) invaginate, on the mantle ..."
7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"... we may strip the fascia propria off the elements of the cord, and invaginate
it in such a manner as to quite completely obturate the inner ring. ..."
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