noun
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
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the invagination of the blastula
• Syn: ↑invagination, ↑introversion, ↑intussusception
• Derivationally related forms: ↑intussuscept (for: ↑intussusception), ↑introvert (for: ↑introversion), ↑invaginate (for: ↑invagination)
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
Useful english dictionary. 2012.