noun
- Plural of evagination; outpouchings or protrusions of a membrane or tissue layer, especially in biological or anatomical contexts.
Usage: technical; biology/anatomy
Examples
- The embryonic tissue developed several evaginations that would eventually form the limb buds.
- Evaginations of the intestinal wall can sometimes lead to the formation of diverticula.
- During development, evaginations from the neural tube give rise to the optic vesicles.
- The surgeon examined the evaginations in the patient's digestive tract.
- These evaginations represent outward folding of the epithelial layer.