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IMMUNITY 





I. of 

 1 Oblique, 







\ fah 



from 

 m by the 



I .U l.iult 



i and halluci- 



i >f 



mud]. Treat- 



j. ITie picture of an 



ling 



I . After. I., Diffusion 



of I., Direct, or I., Erect, that 



\ ith the ophthalmoscope, 



senting their natural rela- 



I . Inverted, t by interposing 



i the observed eye a 



at tin- focus of 



I.. Real. • tal mad< bj the focused re- 



I . Refraction, i > the 



ntering and leaving an object. 



i rhe 1 inn of the obji 



unl the 

 I., Subjective, a photism; also 

 I., Virtual, that produced by 

 tin: raj ad a 



. "i mage]. Pen 

 I. Discs, in entomology, the 

 psulated 

 . nth the net 



Hptera). 

 i tin- nymph is 



. imagin- 



I 'In- mind, 

 r mental 

 ■ 

 in new 



\n im 



g till.' 



in mind, 

 ity] . 







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Imbibition (im-bii-ish'-un) [imbibitio, a drinking in]. 

 Tin- sucking up, or capillary absorption, of moisture, 

 liquids, or • substances by inorganic, <>r by 



i .'i torpid iii-.miii bodies. 



Imbowelling ■ ■' <■ |. Same as Eviscer- 



Imbricate (im'-brik-dt) [imbricai er with tiles]. 



Applied to that arrangement feal n rs, Leaves, 



Tans in the bud, in which they overlap like 

 slin a roof. 



Imbricated (.///' d) [imbrex, a roof-tile]. Dis- 



tinguished by overlapping Applied to the position 

 i arrangement of scales in certain squamous diseases 

 nt the skin. 



Imitation lim-it-a' -shun) [imitari, to imitate]. A 



production thai i> similar to, or a copy of, another ob- 



■ Di process. I., Morbid, the occurrence of a 



nvulsive or mental affection brought about by ob 



mil; a similar altection in another; mental con- 



tagii 'ii. 



Immaculate [iin-ak' -ti-lat) [in, not; macula, a spot]. 

 Pure ; spotli 



Immarginate [im-ar / -jin-at\ [in, not; marginal . 

 furnish with a border]. In biology, having no well- 

 defined border. 



Immature \im-at-iir' ) [immaturus, unripe]. Not ripe; 

 not yet of an adult age or growth. 



Immediate (/w-a \[in, not; medio, the middle]. 



Direct, Without anything intervening, as immediate 

 auscultation or percussion. I. Contagion, that from a 

 direct source. I. Ligature. See Ligature. I.Union, 

 union by first intention, or without suppurative granu- 

 lation. 



Immedicable [im-med / -ik-ab-l) [in, not; medicare, to 

 cure]. That which does not yield to medicine or 

 treatment. Incurable. 



Immersion {im-mer* -shun) [in, in; mergere, to dip]. 

 The plunging of a body into a liquid. In medicine, 

 treatment by a continued bath. See Oil-immersion, 

 Water-immersion. I. -bath, the liquid employed for 

 immersion. I. -battery, a form of battery in which, 

 by inclining the cell, the elements are immersed in 

 iIm- liquid. I., Homogeneous, a fluid between the 

 objective of a microscope and the cover-glass, having 

 about the same refractive and dispersive power as the 

 glass. I., Objective, a microscope-objective, usually 

 of high power, the lower lens of which is immersed 

 in a drop of water, glycerin, or oil, placed on the 

 of the object under examination. 



Immissio (im-ish f -e-o) [L.]. Insertion. I. catheteris. 

 See Calhetetism. I. penis, introduction of the penis 

 into the vagina. 



Immission (im-mish'-un) [immissio, a letting in]. 

 Introduction, as of a catheter. 



Immobilization [im-mob-il-iz-a' '-shun) [immobilis, im- 

 movable , in make]. The surgical fixation of 

 a part (as a fractured bone) by means .that prevent 

 any local motion. 



Immortality [im-mor-tal* '-it-e) [immortalitas, undying- 

 nessl. Exemption from death ; unending existence. 

 I. of Germ-cells. See Heredity; also, Germ-plasma. 



Immune [im-mun') [immunis, safe], i. Safe from at- 

 tack ; protected by vaccination, or some analogous 

 procedure, or by previous illness. 2. A person who is 

 pri il i virus. I. Animal. See 



• iment. 



Immunity (im-mun'-it-e) [immunitas, exemption]. The 

 < ondition of an organ, or of the body, whereby it resists 

 ; until of infectious or morbid pi 

 inoculation of ed virus and of chemic 



imples oi methods by which im- 

 munity is acquired, h has also been shown that inflam- 



