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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medicine, a depression or sinking of parts inward.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts.

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  • noun medicine A depression or inward sinking of parts.

Etymologies

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Latin introcedere, introcessum, to go in; intro within + cedere to go.

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