evaginate

Etymology

Latin evaginare, to unsheath; ex-,from +vagina, sheath

Verb

evaginate (third-person singular simple present evaginates, present participle evaginating, simple past and past participle evaginated)

1. (intransitive) To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
2. (transitive) To cause a bodily organ or part to turn inside out.

Adjective

evaginate (not comparable)

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

   an evaginate membrane

Anagrams

• A negative, enavigate

Verb

ēvāgīnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvāgīnō