adjective
- folded or turned inward; having undergone invagination
Usage: biology, anatomy
verb
- past tense and past participle of invaginate; to fold or turn inward
Usage: biology, anatomy
Examples
- During embryonic development, the invaginated tissue forms the neural tube.
- The invaginated layer of cells gradually differentiated into specialized structures.
- The organism invaginated its outer membrane in response to environmental stress.
- Scientists observed how the tissue invaginated during the early stages of gastrulation.
- The invaginated portion of the organism showed distinct cellular organization.
- As the cells invaginated, they created a new internal cavity.