Usually means: Folding inward to form pocket.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. invaginating: Merriam-Webster
  2. invaginating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. invaginating: Vocabulary.com
  4. invaginating: Wiktionary
  5. invaginating: Dictionary.com
  6. invaginating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. invaginating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. invaginating: Medical dictionary

(Note: See invaginate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (invaginate)

adjective:  (biology) sheathed
adjective:  (biology) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.
verb:  (medicine, surgery) To fold up or enclose into a sheath-like or pouch-like structure, either naturally or as part of a surgical procedure.
verb:  (medicine) To turn or fold inwardly.
verb:  (medicine) To fold inward to create a hollow space where none had existed, as with a gastrula forming from a blastula.
▸ Also see invaginate


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