INTUSSUSCEPT


Meaning of INTUSSUSCEPT in English

|intəsə|sept verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin intussusceptus, past participle of (assumed) New Latin intussuscipere, from Latin intus within + suscipere to take up — more at ent- , susceptible

transitive verb

: to cause to turn inward especially upon itself or to be received in some other thing or part ; especially : to cause (an intestine) to undergo intussusception

the bowel became intussuscepted

intransitive verb

: to undergo intussusception

some 3 ft. of the ileum had intussuscepted through the ileocecal valve into the cecum — Veterinary Record

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