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in⋅tus⋅sus⋅cep⋅tion

  [in-tuhs-suh-sep-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a taking within.
2. Biology. growth of a cell wall by the deposition of new particles among the existing particles of the wall. Compare apposition (def. 4).
3. Also called invagination. Pathology. the slipping of one part within another, as of the intestine.
Origin:
1700–10; < L intus within + susceptiōn- (s. of susceptiō) an undertaking, equiv. to suscept(us), ptp. of suscipere (see susceptible ) + -iōn- -ion
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in·tus·sus·cep·tion   (ĭn'tə-sə-sěp'shən)   
n.  

  1. Medicine Invagination, especially an infolding of one part of the intestine into another.

  2. Biology Assimilation of new substances into the existing components of living tissue.


[Medieval Latin intussusceptiō, intussusceptiōn-, a taking in, admission, from intussusceptus, past participle of intussuscipere, to take in : Latin intus, within; see en in Indo-European roots + Latin suscipere, to take up (sub-, sub- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots).]
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Main Entry: in·tus·sus·cep·tion
Pronunciation: -'sep-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : INVAGINATION; especially : the slipping of a length of intestine into an adjacent portion usually producingobstruction
2 : the deposition of new particles of formative material among those already embodied in a tissue or structure (as in the growth of living organisms) —compare ACCRETION, APPOSITION 1 —in·tus·sus·cep·tive /-'sep-tiv/ adjective
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intussusception in·tus·sus·cep·tion (ĭn'tə-sə-sěp'shən)
n.

  1. Invagination, especially an infolding of one part of the intestine into another.

  2. Assimilation of new substances into the existing components of living tissue. Also called introsusception.

in'tus·sus·cep'tive (-tĭv) adj.

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intussusception

telescoping of a segment of the intestine into an adjacent segment, producing a mechanical obstruction of the alimentary canal. Primary intussusception is sometimes congenital and rarely appears later than the third year of life; it arises in the course of intestinal development, but the mechanism producing it is unknown.

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