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Definition of Involution

1. Noun. Reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth).

2. Noun. A long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction.

3. Noun. Marked by elaborately complex detail.

4. Noun. The act of sharing in the activities of a group. "The teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

5. Noun. The process of raising a quantity to some assigned power.

6. Noun. The action of enfolding something.

Definition of Involution

1. n. The act of involving or infolding.

Definition of Involution

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Involution

1. 1. A rolling or turning inward. 2. One of the movements involved in the gastrulation of many animals. 3. A retrograde change of the entire body or in a particular organ, as the retrograde changes in the female genital organs that result in normal size after delivery. 4. The progressive degeneration occurring naturally with advancing age, resulting in shrivelling of organs or tissues. Origin: L. Involutio, volvere = to roll This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Involution

involuntariness involuntary involuntary involuntary guarding involuntary muscle involuntary muscles involuntary nervous system involuntary trust involute involute

involuted involuted involutes involuting involution (current term) involution (current term) involutional involutional involutional depression involutional depression

involutional melancholia involutional psychosis involutions involution cyst involution form involution of the uterus involve involve involved involved

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