evaginationn.
/ɪˌvadʒɪˈneɪʃən/ a. The action or process of evaginating.
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1663 Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Evagination, an unsheathing, a drawing out of the sheath.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Evagination, an unsheathing, or drawing out of a Sheath or Scabbard.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 125 Very slight pressure causes the thread to be swiftly protruded, apparently by a process of evagination.
b. concrete. A result of this process.
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1889 Athenæum 30 Nov. 748/2 Evaginations of the walls of the oral groove.
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