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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: invagination (0.01875 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to invagination.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: invagination
invagination
n 1: the condition of being folded inward or sheathed [syn:
introversion]
2: the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in
the surface;
“the invagination of the blastula” [syn:
introversion,
intussusception,
infolding]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Invagination
Invagination
\In*vag`i*na"tion\, n. [L. pref. in- + vagina
sheath.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Biol.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
[1913 Webster]
2. The inward movement of the wall of a tissue or cell, to
form a cavity; also, the cavity thus formed.
[PJC]
3. Specifically: (Biol., Embryology) The inward movement of
one part of the wall of a blastula, to form a gastrula;
the process of gastrulation, in which layers of the ovum
are differentiated.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: In
embolic invagination, one half of the blastosphere
is pushed in towards the other half, producing an
embryonic form known as a gastrula. -- In
epibolic invagination
, a phenomenon in the development of some
invertebrate ova, the epiblast appears to grow over or
around the hypoblast.
[1913 Webster]
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