to enter or insert or allow to enter or be inserted
Derived forms
intromissible (ˌintroˈmissible)
adjective
intromissibility (ˌintroˌmissiˈbility)
noun
intromittent (ˌintroˈmittent)
adjective
intromitter (ˌintroˈmitter)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Latin intrōmittere to send in, from intro- + mittere to send
Examples of 'intromitting' in a sentence
intromitting
The sensory organ likely provides mechanical or chemical feedback from the intromitting structure, the embolus.
Lenka Sentenská, Carsten H.G. Müller, Stano Pekár, Gabriele Uhl 2017, 'Neurons and a sensory organ in the pedipalps of male spiders reveal that it is nota numb structure', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-12555-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)