evaginate

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō (“to unsheeth”), 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.

Related terms

• evagination
• vagina
• vaginate

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

evaginate (not comparable)

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

   an evaginate membrane

Anagrams

• A negative, enavigate

Latin

Verb

ēvāgīnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvāgīnō