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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.
1. Discovery made; information.
2. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Bacon.
3. (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

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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

verbto 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

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.
1. Discovery made; information.
2. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Bacon.
3. (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

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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

verbto 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

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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