Evaginates vs Invaginates - What's the difference?
evaginates | invaginates |
(evaginate)
To evert a body organ inside surface to outside.
To cause a body organ or part to become inside-out.
(invaginate)
(medicine, surgery) To fold up or enclose into a sheath-like or pouch-like structure, either naturally or as part of a surgical procedure.
(medicine) To turn or fold inwardly.
(medicine) Infolding to create a hollow space where none had existed, as with a gastrula forming from a blastula.
(biology) sheathed
(biology) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.
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