intussuscept, v. Path.
(ˌɪntəssəˈsɛpt)
[f. L. intus within + suscept-, ppl. stem of suscipĕre to take up: after next.]
trans. To take up within itself or some other part; to introvert, to invaginate: said spec. of part of a bowel. Hence intussuˈscepted ppl. a.
| 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. VII. 36 The part of the intestine inflated by Mr. Muir, was an intus-suscepted portion. 1835 Gregory The. Med. (ed. 4) vii. v. 542 The intussuscepted portion of intestine sloughing off. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 711 A case in which the ileum below Meckel's diverticulum became intussuscepted into the diverticulum. Ibid. 874 The strangulated loop, or the intussuscepted gut may become gangrenous. |