INTUSSUSCEPTION

[in.tus.sus.cep.tion] n [L intus within + susception-, susceptio action of undertaking, fr. suscipere to take up--more at susceptible] (1707): a drawing in of something from without: as a: invagination; esp: the slipping of a length of intestine into an adjacent portion usu. producing obstruction b: the assimilation of new material and its dispersal among preexistent matter -- in.tus.sus.cep.tive adj