INTUS-SUSCEPTION

INTUS-SUSCEPTION
   a displacement of the bowel, in which a higher portion becomes folded or telescoped into a lower; is a frequent cause of obstruction, and a serious, though not always fatal, condition; the term is also applied to the process by which nutriment is absorbed and becomes part of the system.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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  • susception — ⇒SUSCEPTION, subst. fém. A. PHYSIOL., vx. Fait de recevoir en soi et d assimiler. Synon. usuel assimilation. C est grâce à cette pénétration des molécules organiques dans le moule intérieur, grâce à cette « susception » que l être vivant se… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • intussusception — [ ɛ̃tyssysɛpsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • av. 1650; du lat. intus « dedans » et susceptio « action de prendre sur soi » ♦ Pathol. Invagination. ● intussusception nom féminin (latin intus, dedans, et susceptio, onis, action de prendre) Mode d accroissement des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • introsusception — /in treuh seuh sep sheuhn/, n. intussusception. [1785 95; INTRO + (INTUS)SUSCEPTION] * * * …   Universalium

  • LINÉAMENT — ou GÉOSUTURE Les cartes géologiques et tectoniques des continents montrent un compartimentage découpant ceux ci en une sorte de mosaïque géante (qui se retrouve à grande et à petite échelles). Ces compartiments, bien que contigus, s’opposent par… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Intussusception — In tus*sus*cep tion, n. [L. intus within + susception. Cf. {Introsusception}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The reception of one part within another. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • intussusception — noun Etymology: Latin intus within + susception , susceptio action of undertaking, from suscipere to take up more at susceptible Date: 1707 a drawing in of something from without: as a. invagination; especially the slipping of a length of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • intussusception — /in teuhs seuh sep sheuhn/, n. 1. a taking within. 2. Biol. growth of a cell wall by the deposition of new particles among the existing particles of the wall. Cf. apposition (def. 4). 3. Also called invagination. Pathol. the slipping of one part… …   Universalium

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