Definition of "invaginating" []

• Present participle of invaginate. (verb)

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• "With crosswise implantation it was shown that the invaginating cells of the graft were carried along by the gastrulating movements of the host and that thus the substratum was laid down along the long axis of the embryo."
• "In the course of gastrulation the invaginating material is rolled inwards around the upper lip of the blastopore."
• "Thus, the material first invaginated lies farthest towards the front underneath the subsequent brain, while material invaginating later underlies the future spinal cord."