intussusception

Schematic presentation of intestinal intussusception.

Meaning

Noun

  • Absorption.
  • The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.

Origin

  • Borrowed from French intussusception, or directly from Latin intussusceptiō, from intus + susceptiō.

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