intussusceptum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part that prolapses into another during an intussusception.

Word forms

intussusceptum

Etymology

From New Latin, probably from neuter singular of assumed New Latin intussusceptus, the passive past participle of New Latin intussuscipiō (“to take in”). Compare intussuscipiens.

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