invagination
English
editEtymology
editFrom invaginate + -ion.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
editinvagination (countable and uncountable, plural invaginations)
- (medicine) The process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure.
- One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.
Translations
editthe process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure
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French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editinvagination f (plural invaginations)
Further reading
edit- “invagination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.