introsusception

American  

[in-truh-suh-sep-shuhn] / ˌɪn trə səˈsɛp ʃən /

noun

1. intussusception.

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Etymology

Origin of introsusception

First recorded in 1785–95; intro- + (intus)susception

Example Sentences

It has been suggested, that it prevents or checks perspiration and introsusception, and it excludes the air which is essential to the vegetation of most plants.

From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg)

Sometimes to an introsusception of one part of the intestine into another, and very frequently to a strangulated hernia or rupture.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

In respect to the introsusception and hernia, see Ileus, Class I. 3.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

"In cases of strongly characterized introsusception," why not make an opening into the peritoneum; and "pass the small intestines, fold by fold, through the fingers."

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

This introsusception of our souls and our sentiments created a mysterious struggle between Taillefer and myself.

From The Red Inn by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott