involution
pronunciation
How to pronounce involution in British English:
UK ['ɪnvə'lju:ʃən]
How to pronounce involution in American English:
US [ˌɪnvə'luʃən]
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- Noun:
- reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
- a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
- the action of enfolding something
Word Origin
- involution (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin involutionem (nominative involutio) "a rolling up," noun of action from past participle stem of involvere (see involve). Related: Involutional.
Example
- 1. Clinical value of b-ultrasound in uterine involution after the caesarean birth .
- 2. Post-natal massive hemorrhage ; poor uterine involution ; uterine incision healing .
- 3. Agricultural involution , the processes of ecological change in indonesia .
- 4. Involution -- the process by which the breast returns to normal following lactation -- could be a cause of the inflammation , she said .
- 5. B-ultrasonic observation of uterine involution and uterus incision after new method cesarean section .