evaginate

English

Etymology 1

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

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.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

evaginate (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

ēvāgīnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvāgīnō