Invagination
Translation- Invagination
- Invagination In*vag`i*na"tion, n. [L. pref. in- + vagina
sheath.]
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1. (Biol.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
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2. The inward movement of the wall of a tissue or cell, to form a cavity; also, the cavity thus formed. [PJC]
3. Specifically: (Biol., Embryology) The inward movement of one part of the wall of a blastula, to form a gastrula; the process of gastrulation, in which layers of the ovum are differentiated. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: In {embolic invagination}, one half of the blastosphere is pushed in towards the other half, producing an embryonic form known as a gastrula. -- In {epibolic invagination}, a phenomenon in the development of some invertebrate ova, the epiblast appears to grow over or around the hypoblast. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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