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INVAGINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
Example:
the invagination of the blastula
Synonyms:
infolding; introversion; intussusception; invagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("invagination" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Derivation:
invaginate (fold inwards)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The condition of being folded inward or sheathed
Synonyms:
introversion; invagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("invagination" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Derivation:
invaginate (sheathe)
