Intussusception

n. drawing in, absorption; placing of new matter among the old (Botany); slipping of one part into another (Medicine); taking in of foreign matter (Physiology)

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Noun
1. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula"
(synonym) invagination, introversion, infolding
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(derivation) intussuscept
2. (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
(hypernym) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(classification) biology, biological science

n. intussusception, absorption; taking in of foreign matter (Physiology)