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English noun: intussusception | |||
| 1. | intussusception (process) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | ||
| Samples | The invagination of the blastula. | ||
| Synonyms | infolding, introversion, invagination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
| 2. | intussusception (process) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
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