vt 1 a  :  to reverse in position, order, or relationship <adjacent sequences of DNA and RNA that are complementary and ed>   b  :  to subject to inversion  2 a  :  to turn inside out or upside down  b  :  to turn inward <when a foot is edits forepart tends to approach the midline of the body -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>  vi  :  to undergo inversion <a normal nipple that s later in life can be an ominous sign -P. G. Donohue> 
, n :  one characterized by inversion : esp  :  HOMOSEXUAL .
 
 
 
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