What is received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated called?
intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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