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involution
(in″vo-loo´shәn)
a rolling or turning inward.
a retrograde change of the entire body or in a particular organ, as the retrograde changes in the female genital organs that
result in normal size after pregnancy ends.
the progressive degeneration occurring naturally with advancing age, resulting in shriveling of organs or tissues. adj., involu´tional., adj.

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