INFOLDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infolding mean? 

• INFOLDING (noun)
  The noun INFOLDING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INFOLDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFOLDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

infolding; introversion; intussusception; invagination

Context example:

the invagination of the blastula

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

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

 Context examples 

High grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia characterized by the presence of large glands with papillary infoldings that contain cells with xanthomatous cytoplasm.

(High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Foamy Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A small lobe sometimes found on the upper part of the right lung, formed by an infolding of the pleura and separated from the rest of the upper lobe by a deep groove lodging the azygos vein.

(Azygos Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)