[ad. L. ēvagīnātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēvagīnā-re: see prec.] a. The action or process of evaginating. b. concr. A result of this process.
1663–76. Bullokar, Evagination, an unsheathing, a drawing out of the sheath.
1721–1800. Bailey, Evagination, an unsheathing, or drawing out of a Sheath or Scabbard.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., iii. 125. Very slight pressure causes the thread to be swiftly protruded, apparently by a process of evagination.
1889. Athenæum, 30 Nov., 748/2. Evaginations of the walls of the oral groove.
