Dictionary Check: intussusception

"intussusception" is a valid word!

Scrabble 19 points
Words with Friends 25 points

Definition

noun

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

Example: "the invagination of the blastula"
noun

(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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