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intussusception Definition


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intussusception
noun
    1. medicine.
      The pushing down of one part of the intestine into the part below it.
    2. biol.
      The insertion of new material into the thickness of an existing cell wall.
Etymology: 18c: from Latin intus within + susceptio a taking up.



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