intussusception
English
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Schematic presentation of intestinal intussusception.
Etymology
Borrowed from French intussusception, or directly from Latin intussusceptiō, from intus (“within”) + susceptiō (“susception”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪntəsəˈsɛpʃən/
Noun
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
Noun
intussusception f (plural intussusceptions)
- intussusception
Further reading
- “intussusception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.