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INTUSSUSCEPT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intussuscept mean?
• INTUSSUSCEPT (verb)
The verb INTUSSUSCEPT has 1 sense:
1. introvert or invaginate
Familiarity information: INTUSSUSCEPT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they intussuscept ... he / she / it intussuscepts
Past simple: intussuscepted
Past participle: intussuscepted
-ing form: intussuscepting
... he / she / it intussuscepts Past simple: intussuscepted
Past participle: intussuscepted
-ing form: intussuscepting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Introvert or invaginate
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the intussuscepted gut
Hypernyms (to "intussuscept" is one way to...):
introvert; invaginate (fold inwards)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
intussusception (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface)
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