Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Biology): A process of growth in the surface area of a cell wall by the deposit of new material between existing particles.
   • (Embryology): The folding inward of a layer of cells, especially during the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.
   • (Medicine): A serious medical condition in which one segment of the intestine slides into an adjacent segment, like a telescope, causing an obstruction.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Biology):
  • Plant cell walls can grow by intussusception, incorporating new molecules into their structure.
• Noun (Embryology):
  • The process of intussusception is a critical stage in early embryonic development.
• Noun (Medicine):
  • The infant was diagnosed with intussusception and required immediate surgery.

Advanced Usage

• "to undergo intussusception": to experience the process of folding inward or telescoping.
  • During gastrulation, the blastula undergoes intussusception to form the gastrula.
• As a general concept of incorporation:
  • The theory describes the intussusception of new cultural ideas into the existing framework.

Variants and Related Words

• Intussuscept (verb): To undergo or cause intussusception.
  • The affected bowel segment began to intussuscept.
• Intussusceptive (adjective): Relating to or characterized by intussusception.
  • The intussusceptive growth mechanism is common in plant cells.

Synonyms

• (Biology/Growth): Intercalary growth, interstitial growth.
• (Embryology): Invagination, infolding.
• (Medicine): Telescoping (of the bowel), intestinal obstruction (specific type).

Related Phrases

• "lead to an intussusception": to cause the medical condition.
  • The viral infection was thought to lead to an intussusception in the child.
• "correction of intussusception": the medical procedure to fix the condition.
  • Air enema is a common non-surgical method for the correction of intussusception.

Related Idioms

(Note: Due to its highly technical nature, 'intussusception' is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is almost exclusively confined to scientific and medical contexts.)

Noun

1. (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
2. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
   • the invagination of the blastula