Intussusception

in-tus-su-sep′shun, n. the partial displacement of the bowel in which one portion of it pa es into the portion immediately adjacent to it—also called Invagination .— v.t. In′tu uscept , to take into the interior.— adjs. Intu uscep′ted ; Intu uscep′tive . [L. int us , within, susception-em — suscipĕre , to take up.]