invagination

noun — 2 senses

invagination

noun

Etymology From invaginate + -ion.

1

Medicine, Sciences The process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure.

2

One of the methods by which the various germ layers of the ovum are differentiated.

Derived terms
disinvagination

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