intussusception noun. [ɪntǝsǝ'sɛpʃ(ǝ)n] E18.
[French, or mod. Latin intussusceptio(n-), from Latin intus within + susceptio(n-) SUSCEPTION. In sense 1 formed on SUSCEPTION.]
1. Absorption, taking in. E18.
2. Biology. Growth by the intercalation or insertion of new material into an existing structure. M18.
3. a. Medicine. The inversion or telescoping of one portion of intestine within the next; an instance of this. Also, the mass of intestine involved in this. E19.
b. An insertion in the manner of intestinal intussusception. E19.

■ intussuscepted adjective having undergone intussusception E19.

■ intussusceptum [ɪntǝsǝ'sɛptǝm] noun [mod. Latin, neut. pa. pple of intussuscipere take within] Medicine the inner, enveloped portion of intestine in an intussusception M19.

■ intussuscipiens [ɪntǝsǝ'sɪpɪɛnz] noun [mod. Latin, pres. pple of intussuscipere take within] Medicine the outermost portion of intestine in an intussusception M19.

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