Dictionary

invagination en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English invaginate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English invagination From invaginate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure.
2. (countable, uncountable) One of the methods by which the various germ layers of the ovum are differentiated.

Forms

Deriveds

disinvagination

Translations (7)

ca invaginació (the process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure) · hu betüremkedés (the process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure) · fr invagination (the process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure) · sv invagination (the process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure) · hu betüremlés (the process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure) · es invaginación (the process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure) · hu invagináció (the process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure)