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evaginate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
evagi-nate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.

Transitive verb

adj

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

evaginates (present, singular) evaginating (participle, present) evaginated (participle, past) evaginated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

evagination vagina vaginate

Questions

What does evaginate mean?
To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
Where does evaginate come from?
Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō (“to unsheath”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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