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evaginate verb [ ɪˈvadʒɪneɪt ]

• (with reference to a tubular or pouch-shaped organ or structure) turn or be turned inside out.
• "the sacs evaginate and come to lie externally"
Origin: mid 17th century: from Latin evaginat- ‘unsheathed’, from the verb evaginare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of’ + vagina ‘sheath’.


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