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Where does “intussusception” come from?

Intussusception comes from French intussusception, a medical term derived from Latin intus meaning "within" and suscipere meaning "to take up."

intussusception (English): Absorption; The invagination of one portion of a...

Definitions

  1. Absorption; The invagination of one portion of a...

Ancestry of “intussusception”, step by step

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1Latinintussusceptiō—
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