evaginate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin evaginare (to unsheath), from ex (from) and vagina (sheath).

Verb

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evaginate (third-person singular simple present evaginates, present participle evaginating, simple past and past participle evaginated)

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

Adjective

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evaginate (not comparable)

  1. Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated.
    an evaginate membrane

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Latin

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Verb

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ēvāgīnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvāgīnō