Definition of EVAGINATE

evaginate

Meanings

Verb

  • To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
  • To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.

Adj

  • Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvāgīnātus, perfect passive participle of ēvāgīnō (“to unsheath”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Scrabble Score: 13

evaginate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
evaginate is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
evaginate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

evaginate is a valid Words With Friends word