evaginate

英 [ɪ'vædʒɪneɪt] 美
  • vt. 使(管状器官等)外翻;使突出
  • vi. (指管状器官)外翻;突出

英文词源


evaginate (v.)
1650s, "withdraw (something) from a sheath;" 1660s, "to turn (a tube) inside out," from Latin evaginatus, past participle of evaginare "to unsheathe," from assimilated form of ex- (see ex-) + vagina (see vagina). Related: Evaginated; evaginating.

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