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intussusceptive

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in⋅tus⋅sus⋅cept

  [in-tuhs-suh-sept]
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–verb (used with object)
to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
Origin:
1825–35; back formation from intussusception

Related forms:
in⋅tus⋅sus⋅cep⋅tive, adjective
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in·tus·sus·cept   (ĭn'tə-sə-sěpt')   
tr.v.   in·tus·sus·cept·ed, in·tus·sus·cept·ing, in·tus·sus·cepts
To take within, as in telescoping one part of the intestine into another; invaginate.

[Probably back-formation from intussusception.]
in'tus·sus·cep'tive adj.
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Main Entry: in·tus·sus·cept
Pronunciation: "int-&-s&-'sept
Function: transitive verb
: to cause to turn inward especially uponitself or to be received in some other thing or part; especially : to cause (an intestine) to undergo intussusception intussuscepted>intussuscept intransitive senses
: to undergo intussusception intussuscepted through the ileocecal valve into the cecum—Veterinary Record>
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intussuscept in·tus·sus·cept (ĭn'tə-sə-sěpt')
v. in·tus·sus·cept·ed, in·tus·sus·cept·ing, in·tus·sus·cepts
To take within, as in telescoping one part of the intestine into another; invaginate.

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