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noun
The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Absorption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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noun
(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
noun
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: invagination, introversion, infolding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
Borrowed from French intussusception, or directly from Latin intussusceptiō, from intus (“within”) + susceptiō (“susception”).
Across languages
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