Involution
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
Framework senses
- §1
- the action of enfolding something
- §2
- the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
- §3
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- §4
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- §5
- a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
- §6
- reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)