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evaginate

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • an evaginate membrane

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from evagination.

Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō (“to unsheath”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).