Intussusception
Definition of Intussusception
In`tus`sus`cep´tion
n.
1.
1.
The
reception
of
one
part
within
another
.
2.
(Med.)
The
abnormal
reception
or
slipping
of
a
part
of
a
tube
,
by
inversion
and
descent
,
within
a
contiguous
part
of
it
;
specifically
,
the
reception
or
slipping
of
the
upper
part
of
the
small
intestine
into
the
lower
;
introsusception
;
invagination
.
3.
(Bot.)
The
interposition
of
new
particles
of
formative
material
among
those
already
existing
,
as
in
a
cell
wall
,
or
in
a
starch
grain
.
4.
(Physiol.)
The
act
of
taking
foreign
matter
,
as
food
,
into
a
living
body
;
the
process
of
nutrition
,
by
which
dead
matter
is
absorbed
by
the
living
organism
,
and
ultimately
converted
into
the
organized
substance
of
its
various
tissues
and
organs
.
Dead
bodies
increase
by
apposition
;
living
bodies
by
intussusception
.
- McKendrick.
Related Words
biological
process
,
infolding
,
introversion
,
intussuscept
,
invagination
,
organic
process
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