Word
intussusception
套叠；肠套叠
The folding of one section of a tubular body structure, especially the intestine or a blood vessel, into the adjacent section.
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The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
管状解剖结构(尤指肠或血管)的一部分套入相邻部分的折叠现象。
管状解剖结构(尤指肠或血管)的一部分套入相邻部分的折叠现象。；摄取；吸收；[医] 套迭；肠套迭
In use
In plant cells, intussusception allows the cell wall to increase in surface area without expanding in volume.
The process of intussusception involves the deposition of new particles between existing ones in the cell wall.
Researchers observed intussusception in the cell walls of growing algae.
intussusception of [body part]
此模式常用于医学语境，描述具体部位的肠套叠。
Intussusception of the ileum is a common medical emergency.
回肠套叠是一种常见的急症。
suffer from intussusception
The patient suffered from intussusception and required surgery.
患者患有肠套叠，需要手术治疗。
the process of intussusception
此模式用于生物学语境，描述细胞壁生长方式。
The process of intussusception leads to cell wall expansion.
细胞壁内褶过程导致细胞壁扩张。
Common mistakes
The small intestine intussusceptioned.The small intestine intussuscepts.
intussusception 是名词，不能直接用作动词。正确动词形式为 intussuscept，意为发生肠套叠。
The doctor diagnosed intususception.The doctor diagnosed intussusception.
拼写错误：该词由 intus- 和 -susception 组成，易漏写第二个 s。正确拼写为 intussusception。
Connections
Confusing words
- invagination
- 内陷，套叠 · 两者都指套叠，但intussusception特指肠套叠，invagination更泛指组织内陷
- interception
- 拦截 · 发音拼写相似，但意义完全不同：intussusception是肠套叠，interception是拦截
Word family
- intussuscept
- 套叠；使套叠 · v
- intussusceptive
- 套叠的；与套叠有关的 · adj
- intussusceptum
- 套入部分；被套入的肠段 · n
- intussuscipiens
- 套叠鞘；包绕套入部分的肠段 · n
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常不可数，医学语境中可指具体病例时视为可数。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.