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Complete Definition of "intussusception"

English
Etymology
From French #French|intussusception, or directly from Latin intussusceptio, from intus ‘within’ + susceptio ‘susception’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɪntəsəˈsɛpʃən/

Noun
en-noun

  1. Absorption.
  2. medicine The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.

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