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Intussusception

//ɪntəsəˈsɛpʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall wordnet
  3. 3
    Absorption. countable, rare, uncountable
  4. 4
    the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface wordnet

Etymology

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

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