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iatrochemistry noun (context, chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases. 2003: A parallel bid to read the body in terms of the new science came from . " Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 53) ice bag noun A waterproof bag with a wide-mouthed stopper designed to hold ice, for service as an ice pack. ice pack noun a large floating mass of ice; pack ice a pack of crushed ice applied to the body in order to reduce pain or inflammation a plastic sac of silicone that can be cooled in a freezer and then used in a cool bag ICU initialism intensive care unit, Intensive care unit. imaging verb (present participle of, image) immobilize verb (immobiliz, ing) To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. It is best to the injury until a doctor can examine it. implant noun Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis. verb (transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply. (transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body. (intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb. implantation noun The act or process of implanting. incompatible adjective Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing. incubator noun (chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature Wikimedia Incubator. indication noun Act of pointing out or indicate, indicating. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Addison. Discovery made; information. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Bacon. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. inertia noun (physics) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform straight motion; equivalent to its mass. (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action. infraction $Tweet Definition of infraction$ $Like Definition of infraction on Facebook$ noun A minor offence, petty crime a violation; breach (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee. inhalant noun something, especially a medication, that is inhaled adjective intended for inhaling inject verb (transitive) to push something in, especially fluids into a cavity or passage Smiling, the nurse injected* a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.* (transitive) to introduce something sudddenly or violently Punk injected* a much-needed sense of urgency to the British music scene.* (transitive) to administer an injection to, especially of medicine or drugs Now lie back while we you with the anaesthetic. (intransitive) to take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal. intern noun a student who works (often without pay) in order to gain experience in their chosen field a recently graduated medical student working in a hospital as a final part of their medical training intrauterine device noun (abbreviated as IUD) A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg. intubate verb To insert a tube into inunction noun the anointing or rubbing-in of oil or balm invasive noun An invasive plant, animal etc. adjective that invades a foreign country using military force (context, of a plant or animal) that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing iron noun (context, uncountable) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe. (context, countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus. (context, usually plural, irons) Shackles. (slang) A handgun. (context, uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver. (context, Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive, ) A male homosexual. verb (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases. adjective (more iron, most iron) {not comparable} Made of the metal iron. (context, figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible. She had an iron will. He held on with an iron grip. iron lung noun A mechanical device for assisted breathing. irrigate verb to irrigate To supply farmland with water, by building ditches and pipes etc To clean a wound with a fluid irrigation noun The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants. irritable adjective capable of being irritated easily exasperated or excited responsive to stimuli isolate noun Something that has been isolated. verb (isolates, isolating, isolated, isolated) (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation. (context, transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence. (context, transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity. IUD initialism intrauterine device, intrauterine device IV noun (medicine) An intravenous injection. abbreviation Used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix.) initialism (medicine) intravenous, Intravenous. (statistics) instrumental variable, Instrumental variable. = iatrochemistry noun (context, chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases. 2003: A parallel bid to read the body in terms of the new science came from . " Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 53) ice bag noun A waterproof bag with a wide-mouthed stopper designed to hold ice, for service as an ice pack. ice pack noun a large floating mass of ice; pack ice a pack of crushed ice applied to the body in order to reduce pain or inflammation a plastic sac of silicone that can be cooled in a freezer and then used in a cool bag ICU initialism intensive care unit, Intensive care unit. imaging verb (present participle of, image) immobilize verb (immobiliz, ing) To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. It is best to the injury until a doctor can examine it. implant noun Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis. verb (transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply. (transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body. (intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb. implantation noun The act or process of implanting. incompatible adjective Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing. incubator noun (chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature Wikimedia Incubator. indication noun Act of pointing out or indicate, indicating. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Addison. Discovery made; information. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Bacon. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. inertia noun (physics) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform straight motion; equivalent to its mass. (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action. infraction $Tweet Definition of infraction$ $Like Definition of infraction on Facebook$ noun A minor offence, petty crime a violation; breach (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee. inhalant noun something, especially a medication, that is inhaled adjective intended for inhaling inject verb (transitive) to push something in, especially fluids into a cavity or passage Smiling, the nurse injected* a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.* (transitive) to introduce something sudddenly or violently Punk injected* a much-needed sense of urgency to the British music scene.* (transitive) to administer an injection to, especially of medicine or drugs Now lie back while we you with the anaesthetic. (intransitive) to take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal. intern noun a student who works (often without pay) in order to gain experience in their chosen field a recently graduated medical student working in a hospital as a final part of their medical training intrauterine device noun (abbreviated as IUD) A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg. intubate verb To insert a tube into inunction noun the anointing or rubbing-in of oil or balm invasive noun An invasive plant, animal etc. adjective that invades a foreign country using military force (context, of a plant or animal) that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing iron noun (context, uncountable) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe. (context, countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus. (context, usually plural, irons) Shackles. (slang) A handgun. (context, uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver. (context, Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive, ) A male homosexual. verb (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases. adjective (more iron, most iron) {not comparable} Made of the metal iron. (context, figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible. She had an iron will. He held on with an iron grip. iron lung noun A mechanical device for assisted breathing. irrigate verb to irrigate To supply farmland with water, by building ditches and pipes etc To clean a wound with a fluid irrigation noun The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants. irritable adjective capable of being irritated easily exasperated or excited responsive to stimuli isolate noun Something that has been isolated. verb (isolates, isolating, isolated, isolated) (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation. (context, transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence. (context, transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity. IUD initialism intrauterine device, intrauterine device IV noun (medicine) An intravenous injection. abbreviation Used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix.) initialism (medicine) intravenous, Intravenous. (statistics) instrumental variable, Instrumental variable. =

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