It was said that the growth of a crystal differed from that of a living thing, in that the former grew by the addition of material from without-the juxtaposition of bricks, as it were-while the latter grew by intussusception, an introduction of fresh material into the substance of the organism.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
A simple aperient of linseed oil may be given in cases of stricture or intussusception of the bowels.
"The American Reformed Cattle Doctor"
George Dadd
Taking this view of the gradual formation of language by agglutination, as opposed to intussusception, it is hardly necessary to say that, if I speak of a Turanian family of speech, I use the word family in a different sense from that which it has with regard to the Aryan and Semitic languages.
"Lectures on The Science of Language"
Max Müller