Definition of INTUSSUSCEPTION

intussusception

Meanings

Plural: intussusceptions

Noun

  • the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
  • (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
  • The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
  • Absorption.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French intussusception, or directly from Latin intussusceptiō, from intus (“within”) + susceptiō (“susception”).

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