2007-05-09 05:56:14 · 6 answers · asked by john g 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Intussusception occurs when one portion of the bowel slides into the next, much like the pieces of a telescope. When this occurs, it creates an obstruction in the bowel, with the walls of the intestines pressing against one another. This, in turn, leads to swelling, inflammation, and decreased blood flow to the intestines involved.
2007-05-09 06:04:00 · answer #1 · answered by the Boss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An intussusception is a situation in which a part of the intestine has prolapsed into another section of intestine, similar to the way in which the parts of a collapsible telescope slide into one another. This will cause intestinal obstruction and sometimes intestinal ischemia. This requires urgent medical attention.
Intussusception may also mean the process whereby a new blood vessel is created by the splitting of an existing blood vessel in two. It is one of the three ways that blood vessels are known to be formed in the human body, the other two being angiogenesis and vasculogenesis.
2007-05-09 13:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. The taking up or receiving of one part within another, especially the enfolding of one segment of the intestine within another. Introversion (a. The turning of a structure into itself.
b. A trait of preoccupation with oneself, as practiced by an introvert). Invagination (a. The ensheathing, enfolding, or insertion of a structure within itself or another. B. The state of being invaginated.)
2. Often, specifically, the process of incorporation of new material in the growth of the cell wall.
2007-05-10 14:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by Chet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
intussusception
One entry found for intussusception.
Main Entry: in·tus·sus·cep·tion
Pronunciation: -'sep-sh&n
Depends on what context.
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin intus within + susception-, susceptio action of undertaking, from suscipere to take up -- more at SUSCEPTIBLE
: a drawing in of something from without: as a : INVAGINATION; especially : the slipping of a length of intestine into an adjacent portion usually producing obstruction b : the assimilation of new material and its dispersal among preexistent matter
2007-05-09 13:04:20 · answer #4 · answered by Edhelosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the context the word is used in.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/intussusception
a drawing in of something from without: as a : INVAGINATION; especially : the slipping of a length of intestine into an adjacent portion usually producing obstruction
b : the assimilation of new material and its dispersal among preexistent matter
2007-05-09 13:05:55 · answer #5 · answered by Stuey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An intestinal slippage which may block it.
2007-05-09 13:01:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋