intussusception

Noun
  1. The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface (synset 113523144)
    "the invagination of the blastula"
    is a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
    same as: infolding, introversion, invagination
  2. (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall (synset 113522941)
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    is a type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

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