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EvaginateEvaginate E*vag"i*nate, a. [L. evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed.
See Evagination.]
Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside
out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane. EvaginateEvaginate E*vag"i*nate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Evaginated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Evaginating.]
To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate. EvaginatedEvaginate E*vag"i*nate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Evaginated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Evaginating.]
To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate. EvaginatingEvaginate E*vag"i*nate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Evaginated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Evaginating.]
To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate. Evagination
Evagination E*vag`i*na"tion, n.
An outgrowth or protruded part.
Evagination
Evagination E*vag`i*na"tion, n. [L. evaginatio an extending,
evaginare to unsheathe; e out + vagina sheath.]
The act of unsheathing.
Favaginous
Favaginous Fa*vag"i*nous, a. [L. favus a honeycomb.]
Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.
Invaginate
Invaginate In*vag"i*nate, v. t.
To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in.
Invaginate
Invaginate In*vag"i*nate, Invaginated In*vag"i*na`ted, a.
(Biol.)
(a) Sheathed.
(b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within
another portion.
Invaginated
Invaginate In*vag"i*nate, Invaginated In*vag"i*na`ted, a.
(Biol.)
(a) Sheathed.
(b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within
another portion.
Invagination
Invagination In*vag`i*na"tion, n. [L. pref. in- + vagina
sheath.]
1. (Biol.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part.
2. (Biol.) One of the methods by which the various germinal
layers of the ovum are differentiated.
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.
RavagingRavage Rav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ravaging.] [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.]
To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit
havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Already C[ae]sar Has ravaged more than half the globe.
--Addison.
His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate;
desolate; destroy; waste; ruin. Rectovaginal
Rectovaginal Rec`to*vag"i*nal (r?k`t?*v?j"?*nal), a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
Subvaginal
Subvaginal Sub*vag"i*nal, a. (Anat.)
Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as,
the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.
Supravaginal
Supravaginal Su`pra*vag"i*nal, a. (Anat.)
Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.
Uterovaginal
Uterovaginal U`te*ro*vag"i*nal, n. [Uterus + vaginal.]
Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.
VaginaVagina Va*gi"na, n.; pl. Vagin[ae]. [L. vagina a scabbard or
sheath.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
(b) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to
the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the
cloaca.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and
various other invertebrates. See Illust., of
Spermatheca.
3. (Bot.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which
inwraps the stem; a sheath.
4. (Arch.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of
figure seems to issue or arise. VaginaeVagina Va*gi"na, n.; pl. Vagin[ae]. [L. vagina a scabbard or
sheath.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
(b) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to
the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the
cloaca.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and
various other invertebrates. See Illust., of
Spermatheca.
3. (Bot.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which
inwraps the stem; a sheath.
4. (Arch.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of
figure seems to issue or arise. Vaginal
Vaginal Vag"i*nal, a. [Cf. F. vaginal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or
sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the
vaginal process of the temporal bone.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital
canal; as, the vaginal artery.
VaginantVaginant Vag"i*nant, a. [Cf. F. vaginant. See Vagina.]
Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
Vaginant leaf (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch
by its base, which has the form of a tube. Vaginant leafVaginant Vag"i*nant, a. [Cf. F. vaginant. See Vagina.]
Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
Vaginant leaf (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch
by its base, which has the form of a tube. VaginateVaginate Vag"i*nate, Vaginated Vag"i*na`ted, a. [See
Vagina.]
Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem,
or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf. VaginatedVaginate Vag"i*nate, Vaginated Vag"i*na`ted, a. [See
Vagina.]
Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem,
or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf. Vaginati
Vaginati Vag`i*na"ti, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
Vaginervose
Vaginervose Vag`i*ner*vose", a. [L. vagus wandering + E.
nervose.] (Bot.)
Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.
Vaginicola
Vaginicola Vag`i*nic"o*la, n. [NL., from L. vagina sheath +
colere to in habit.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular
cases in which they dwell.
Vaginismus
Vaginismus Vag`i*nis"mus, n. [NL.] (Med.)
A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often
rendering copulation impossible.
VaginitisVaginitis Vag`i*ni"tis, n. [NL. See Vagina, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of
its mucous living membrane. Vaginopennous
Vaginopennous Vag`i*no*pen"nous, a. [L. vagina a sheath +
penna a feather, pl. pennae a wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having elytra; sheath-winged. [R.]
Vaginula
Vaginula Va*gin"u*la, n. [L., dim. of vagina sheath.] (Bot.)
(a) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of
most mosses.
(b) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
--Henslow.
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