|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