INTUSSUSCEPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intussusception mean? 

• INTUSSUSCEPTION (noun)
  The noun INTUSSUSCEPTION has 2 senses:

1. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface

2. (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall

  Familiarity information: INTUSSUSCEPTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTUSSUSCEPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

infolding; introversion; intussusception; invagination

Context example:

the invagination of the blastula

Hypernyms ("intussusception" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

intussuscept (introvert or invaginate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("intussusception" is a kind of...):

development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)