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evaginate en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō (“to unsheath”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
  2. (transitive) To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.

Forms

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evaginating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
evaginates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
evaginated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
evaginated Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

vaginate · evagination · vagina

evaginate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from evagination.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated.
    • an evaginate membrane