intussusception

intussusception
[ˌɪntəsəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n]
noun
  1. (Medicine)the inversion of one portion of the intestine within another
    (医)肠套叠
  2. [mass noun](Botany)the growth of a cell wall by the deposition of cellulose
    (植)(纤维素沉淀而产生的细胞壁)内填(生长)
    the area of the surface increases uniformly by intussusception.
    由于细胞壁生长,表面面积均匀增加。
语源
  1. early 18th cent. (in the sense 'absorption'): from modern Latin intussusceptio(n-), from Latin intus 'within' + susceptio(n-) (from suscipere 'take up')
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