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intussuscepted

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English

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Etymology

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See intussusception.

Adjective

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intussuscepted (not comparable)

  1. Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
  2. (medicine) Forming an intussusception.
    intussuscepted nipple valve
    intussuscepted tissue

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for intussuscepted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)