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Intussusception

Definitions: Intussusception

Intussusception

Noun

1. The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface.

2. (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Intussusception \In`tus*sus*cep"tion\, noun. [Latin expression intus within susception. Compare to Introsusception.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Intussusception

DomainDefinitions

Health

A rare disorder. A part of the intestines folds into another part of the intestines, causing blockage. Most common in infants. Can be treated with an operation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Intussusception

Synonyms: infolding (n), introversion (n), invagination (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Intussusception

English words defined with "intussusception": Introsusception. (references)
Specialty definitions using "intussusception": Afferent Loop Syndrome. (references)
Etymologies containing "intussusception": Intussuscepted. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Intussusception" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (intussusception).

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Non-Fiction Usage: Intussusception

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Health

However, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that Rotashield no longer be recommended for infants in the United States because of data that indicated a strong association between Rotashield and intussusception (bowel obstruction) among some infants during the first 1-2 weeks following vaccination. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Intussusception

"Intussusception" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Intussusception" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Intussusception

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

intussusception

43

adult intussusception

3

child in intussusception

3
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Modern Translations: Intussusception

Language Translations for "intussusception"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏الانغماد المعوي. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

асимилиране, поглъщане (absorption, adsorption, immersion, intake, take over). (various references)

   

Danish

  

invagination, intussusception. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

invaginatio, invaginatie, intussusceptio, intussusceptie. (various references)

   

French

  

intussusception. (various references)

   

German

  

Invagination (invagination), Invaginatio (invagination), Intussuszeption (invagination), Intussusceptio, Indigitation (invagination). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εγκολεασμός. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

intusszuszcepció. (various references)

   

Italian

  

invaginazione (invagination), intussuscezione (invagination), indigitazione. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

intussusceptionay

   

Portuguese

  

intussuscepção. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

восприятие (perception, percipience), инвагинация. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

upijanje, prihvatanje (acceptance, adoption, prehension). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

intususpección. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tiếp thu (apprehension). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Intussusception

Derivations

Words beginning with "intussusception": intussusceptions. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Intussusception"

Words rhyming with "intussusception" (pronounced 'In`tus*sus*cep"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Intussusception

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-n-o-p-s-s-s-t-t-u-u"

-3 letters: intussuscept.

-4 letters: inspections.

-5 letters: consistent, inceptions, incestuous, inspection, nepotistic, scientists, snottiness, spottiness, suspension, suspicions, suspicious, tinnituses.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-n-o-p-s-s-s-t-t-u-u"
 

+1 letter: intussusceptions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Intussusception


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438086878585878569718286758180

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Intussusception"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzung‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, người Nga tiếng Nga

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchвиетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnameser, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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