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intussusception

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Noun

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun intussusception has 2 senses

intussusception(n = noun.process) infolding, introversion, invagination - the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula"

is a kind of biological process, organic process

Derived form verb intussuscept₁

intussusception(n = noun.process) - (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall;

CIDE DICTIONARY

intussusception, n. [L. intus within + susception. Cf. Introsusception.].

The reception of one part within another. [1913 Webster]
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. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"Dead bodies increase by apposition; living bodies by intussusception." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

intussusception, n.
1 Med. the inversion of one portion of the intestine within another.
2 Bot. the deposition of new cellulose particles in a cell wall, to increase the surface area of the cell.

Etymology

F intussusception or mod.L intussusceptio f. L intus within + susceptio f. suscipere take up