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)
- (intransitive) To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
- (transitive) To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from evagination.
Adjective
evaginate (not comparable)
- Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated.
- an evaginate membrane
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
ēvāgīnāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ēvāgīnō