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intussuscipiens

intussuscipiens noun: the part that receives the prolapsed part during an intussusception.

Noun

intussuscipiens

  1. The part that receives the prolapsed part during an intussusception.

Origin of intussuscipiens

From New Latin, probably from present participle of assumed New Latin intussuscipiō (“to take in”). Compare intussusceptum.

Questions about intussuscipiens

What does intussuscipiens mean?
Intussuscipiens means the part that receives the prolapsed part during an intussusception.
What part of speech is intussuscipiens?
Intussuscipiens is a noun.

Words near intussuscipiens in the dictionary

  1. intussusception
  2. intussusceptions
  3. intussusceptive
  4. intussuscepts
  5. intussusceptum
  6. intussuscipiens
  7. intuïtion
  8. intwine
  9. intwined
  10. intwinement
  11. intwinements

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