In'tro-sus-cĕp'tion, n.

n. [Lat. intro, within, and susceptio, a taking up or in; Fr. intussusception.] 1. The act of receiving within. [Obs. or rare.] The person is corrupted by the introsusception of a nature which becomes evil thereby. Coleridge. 2. (Anat.) Intussusception. See INTUSSUSCEPTION.