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单词 invagination
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Definition of invagination in English:

invagination

noun ɪnˌvadʒɪˈneɪʃ(ə)nɪnˌvædʒəˈneɪʃən
mass nounAnatomy Biology
  • 1The action or process of being turned inside out or folded back on itself to form a cavity or pouch.

    〔主剖,生〕内陷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The initial conditions for the appearance of feathers also probably resides in processes common to all ammonites and include placode formation, invagination, and mesenchymal-epithelial interactions.
    • In the chick embryo, for example, the ectoderm initially expresses L-CAM; during neural plate invagination, however, L-CAM expression is replaced by that of N-cadherin.
    • This indicates a level of plasma membrane invagination comparable with mammalian skeletal muscle.
    • Catheters with multiple side holes on several planes are less likely to cause invagination of airway mucosa into the catheter than those with single side or end holes.
    • Specifically, the ventral invagination and migration of mesodermal precursors in the embryo are severely impaired, as are head involution, dorsal closure, and the migration of gonadal precursors.
    1. 1.1count noun A cavity or pouch so formed.
      (内陷形成的)囊腔
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is a refracting secretion in the space of this invagination presumably protecting the photoreceptor cells.
      • As is typical, many of the latter showed reactive changes, such as large, variably sized nuclei; intranuclear invaginations; and multinucleation.
      • These invaginations represent placental outgrowths and they extend towards the centre, enclosing the central hole into a triangular slit.
      • Intranuclear cytoplasmic invaginations, similar to that seen in non-neoplastic hepatocytes (or in metastatic melanoma) are also frequent.
      • The internodes have invaginations that are termed cupules.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from modern Latin invaginatio(n-), based on in-2 'into' + Latin vagina 'sheath'.

Definition of invagination in US English:

invagination

nouninˌvajəˈnāSHənɪnˌvædʒəˈneɪʃən
Anatomy Biology
  • 1The action or process of being turned inside out or folded back on itself to form a cavity or pouch.

    〔主剖,生〕内陷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the chick embryo, for example, the ectoderm initially expresses L-CAM; during neural plate invagination, however, L-CAM expression is replaced by that of N-cadherin.
    • Specifically, the ventral invagination and migration of mesodermal precursors in the embryo are severely impaired, as are head involution, dorsal closure, and the migration of gonadal precursors.
    • The initial conditions for the appearance of feathers also probably resides in processes common to all ammonites and include placode formation, invagination, and mesenchymal-epithelial interactions.
    • Catheters with multiple side holes on several planes are less likely to cause invagination of airway mucosa into the catheter than those with single side or end holes.
    • This indicates a level of plasma membrane invagination comparable with mammalian skeletal muscle.
    1. 1.1 A cavity or pouch so formed.
      (内陷形成的)囊腔
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These invaginations represent placental outgrowths and they extend towards the centre, enclosing the central hole into a triangular slit.
      • There is a refracting secretion in the space of this invagination presumably protecting the photoreceptor cells.
      • Intranuclear cytoplasmic invaginations, similar to that seen in non-neoplastic hepatocytes (or in metastatic melanoma) are also frequent.
      • As is typical, many of the latter showed reactive changes, such as large, variably sized nuclei; intranuclear invaginations; and multinucleation.
      • The internodes have invaginations that are termed cupules.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from modern Latin invaginatio(n-), based on in- ‘into’ + Latin vagina ‘sheath’.

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