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INFOLDING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface

Example:

the invagination of the blastula

Synonyms:

infolding; introversion; intussusception; invagination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("infolding" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb infold

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