| IDENTICAL TWINS: |
Twins that develop from a simple fertilized egg in a single
placental sack. Such twins are the same sex and usually resemble one another
closely. |
| IDIOPATHIC: |
Disorder of unknown cause. |
| ILIOSTOMY: |
Surgical incision creating an artificial opening into the ileum, the
lower part of the small intestine. |
| IMMUNE: |
Protected against infection. |
| IMPERFORATE: |
Without an opening or aperture. |
| IN UTERO: |
Within the womb. |
| INCIDENCE: |
How often a disease occurs; the number of new cases of a disease among
a certain group of people for a certain period of time. |
| INCISOR: |
Any of the four front teeth in either the upper or lower jaw. |
| INFLAMMATION: |
A by-product of the immune response, the body's protective reaction
of tissue to injury or infection, characterized by redness, pain, swelling,
heat, and sometimes impaired function. |
| INFUSION: |
1. Product that results when a drug or herb is steeped to extract its
medicinal properties, sometimes referred to as a tea.
2. Slow and/or prolonged intravenous delivery of a drug or fluids. |
| INGUINAL: |
Relating or belonging to the groin. |
| INSULIN: |
A hormone produced by the pancreas. |
| INTER-: |
Prefix meaning between, among. |
| INTRA-: |
Prefix meaning inside or within. |
| INTRAEPITHELIAL: |
Within the layer of cells that forms the surface or lining of an organ. |
| INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE: |
The pressure of fluid within your eyeball. |
| INTRAPERITONEAL: |
Within the peritoneal cavity, the area that contains the abdominal
organs. |
| INVOLUNTARY: |
Not controlled through will. |
| IRIDOCYCLITIS: |
Inflammation of the iris and ciliary body in the eye. |
