Synonyms of intussusception

Noun


1. invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding, organic process, biological process

usage: the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula"

2. intussusception, growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

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

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