(n) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface, Syn.infolding, intussusception, introversion, Example: the invagination of the blastula
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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 ]
☞ 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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