different between invagination vs indigitation

English

From invaginate +? -ion.

invagination (countable and uncountable, plural invaginations)

(medicine) The process where an anatomical part invaginates upon itself or into another structure.
One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.

From indigitate +? -ion.

indigitation (countable and uncountable, plural indigitations)

The act of pointing out with or as if with the finger; indication.
The interlocking of fibers at the junction of muscle and tendon or aponeurosis; digitation; invagination.

indigitation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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