2. (Med.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by
inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically,
the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into
the lower; introsusception; invagination. Dunglison.
3. (Bot.) The interposition of new particles of formative material
among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.
4. (Physiol.) The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living
body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the
living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance
of its various tissues and organs.
Dead bodies increase by apposition; living bodies by
intussusception.
McKendrick.
In*twine" (?), v. t. [Cf. Entwine.] To twine or twist into, or
together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined. [Written also
entwine.]
In*twine", v. i. To be or to become intwined.
In*twine"ment (?), n. The act of intwining, or the state of being
intwined.
In*twist" (?), v. t. [Cf. Entwist.] To twist into or together; to
interweave. [Written also entwist.]
In`u*en"do (?), n. See Innuendo.
In"u*lin (?), n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F.
inuline.] (Chem.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found
dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and
other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted
by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance,
resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in
nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin,
etc.
In"u*loid (?), n. [Inulin + - oid.] (Chem.) A substance resembling
inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahlia.
In*um"brate (?), v. t. [L. inumbratus, p. p. of inumbrare to shade.] To
shade; to darken. [Obs.]
In*unc"ted (?), a. [See Inunction.] Anointed. [Obs.] Cockeram.
In*unc"tion (?), n. [L. inunctio, fr. inungere, inunctum, to anoint.
See 1st In-, and Unction.] The act of anointing, or the state of being
anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into
the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them,
such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
In*unc`tu*os"i*ty (?; 135), n. The want of unctuosity; freedom from
greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay. Kirwan.
In*un"dant (?), a. [L. inundans, p. pr. of inundare.] Overflowing. [R.]
Shenstone.
In*un"date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inundated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inundating.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in
+ undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.]
1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the
river inundated the town.
2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the
country was inundated with bills of credit.
Syn. -- To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.