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1. (n.) intussusception
a taking within.
Etymology: (1700–10; < L intus within +susceptiō an undertaking)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
"the invagination of the blastula"
2. (noun) intussusception
(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) intussusception
the reception of one part within another
2. (noun) intussusception
the abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination
3. (noun) intussusception
the interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain
4. (noun) intussusception
the act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. intussusception
A form of intestinal obstruction caused by the PROLAPSE of a part of the intestine into the adjoining intestinal lumen. There are four types: colic, involving segments of the LARGE INTESTINE; enteric, involving only the SMALL INTESTINE; ileocecal, in which the ILEOCECAL VALVE prolapses into the CECUM, drawing the ILEUM along with it; and ileocolic, in which the ileum prolapses through the ileocecal valve into the COLON.
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