- intussuscipiens
- The portion of the bowel, in intussusception, which receives the other portion. [L. intus, within, + suscipiens, pr. p. of suscipio, to take up]
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in·tus·sus·cip·i·ens -'sip-ē-.enz n, pl -cip·i·en·tes -.sip-ē-'en-(.)tēz the portion of the intestine that receives the intussusceptum in intussusception* * *
in·tus·sus·cip·i·ens (in″tə-sə-sipґe-əns) [L.] in intussusception, the portion of intestine into which another portion has invaginated.
Medical dictionary. 2011.