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INTUSSUSCEPT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they intussuscept ... he / she / it intussuscepts
Past simple: intussuscepted
Past participle: intussuscepted
-ing form: intussuscepting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Introvert or invaginate
Example:
the intussuscepted gut
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "intussuscept" is one way to...):
introvert; invaginate (fold inwards)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
intussusception (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface)
