Invagination (Noun)
Meaning 1
The condition of being folded inward or sheathed.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The invagination of the cell membrane allowed the cell to engulf the foreign particle.
- The process of invagination is crucial in the formation of the neural tube during embryonic development.
- The invagination of the gut in the embryo eventually gives rise to the formation of the intestinal tract.
- The scientist studied the invagination of the nuclear membrane during cell division.
- The invagination of the plasma membrane is a key step in the process of endocytosis.
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Meaning 2
The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.