intussusception
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French intussusception, or directly from Latin intussusceptiō, from intus (“within”) + susceptiō (“susception”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]intussusception (countable and uncountable, plural intussusceptions)
- (medicine) The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
- (rare) Absorption.
French
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Noun
[edit]intussusception f (plural intussusceptions)
Further reading
[edit]- “intussusception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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