involution
(in″vŏ-loo′shŏn)
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[L. involvere, to roll up, wrap]
1. A turning or rolling inward.
2. The reduction in size of the uterus after childbirth.
3. The retrogressive change in vital processes after their functions have been fulfilled, such as the change that follows the menopause.
4. A backward change.
5. The diminishing of an organ in vital power or in size.
6. In bacteriology, digression from the usual morphological type such as occurs in certain bacteria, esp. when grown under unfavorable conditions; degeneration.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Involution." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754276/all/involution.
Involution. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754276/all/involution. Accessed December 8, 2024.
Involution. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754276/all/involution
Involution [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754276/all/involution.
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