invaginate

  1. Verb.  (context, medicine) To fold up or enclose into a sheath-like or pouch-like structure, either naturally or as part of a surgical procedure.
  2. Verb.  (medicine) To turn or fold inwardly.
  3. Verb.  (medicine) Infolding to create a hollow space where none had existed, as with a gastrula forming from a blastula.

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