intussusception
(noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding
(noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; “the invagination of the blastula”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intussusception (countable and uncountable, plural intussusceptions)
(rare) Absorption.
(medicine) The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
Source: Wiktionary
In`tus*sus*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. intus within + susception. Cf. Introsusception.]
1. The reception of one part within another.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination. Dunglison.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.
4. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs. Dead bodies increase by apposition; living bodies by intrussusception. McKendrick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
