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invaginate

invaginate adjective: sheathed.

Adjective

invaginate (not comparable)

  1. sheathed
  2. Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.

Verb

invaginate (third-person singular simple present invaginates, present participle invaginating, simple past and past participle invaginated)

  1. To fold up or enclose into a sheath-like or pouch-like structure, either naturally or as part of a surgical procedure.
  2. To turn or fold inwardly.
  3. To fold inward to create a hollow space where none had existed, as with a gastrula forming from a blastula.

invaginate meaning in Urdu and Bengali

invaginate in Urdu

اندر موڑنا, غلاف چڑھانا, تہہ کرنا

invaginate in Bengali

ভেতরের দিকে মোড়ানো, খাপে ঢোকানো

Forms of invaginate

third-person singular presentinvaginates
present participleinvaginating
past participleinvaginated
pastinvaginated

Origin of invaginate

From Medieval Latin invāgīnātus, past participle of Medieval Latin invāgīnāre, from in- + vāgīna (“sheath”).

Words formed from invaginate

Questions about invaginate

What does invaginate mean?
Invaginate means sheathed.
What is invaginate in Urdu?
Invaginate in Urdu is اندر موڑنا, غلاف چڑھانا, تہہ کرنا. See Invaginate meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is invaginate?
Invaginate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near invaginate in the dictionary

  1. invadopodial
  2. invadopodium
  3. invadosomal
  4. invadosome
  5. invadosomes
  6. invaginate
  7. invaginated
  8. invaginates
  9. invaginating
  10. invagination
  11. invaginations

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