intussusception

About 0.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
2. noun Absorption.

Similar words

invagination infolding ileocolic intussusceptum intussuscipiens intromission intestine intravasation intravolution intrafusion

Often followed by

is of in and may or has are was

Word family

intussusceptions intussusceptive