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INCREMEN1 



of the occipital bone. It is called incarial, because, 

 in the skeletons of ancienl Peru, the land of the In- 

 cas, u is often persistent as a distinct bone. 



Incarnatio [in-kar-na' '-she-o) [L.]. < on version into 

 flesh. I. unguis, the ingrowing "I a nail. 

 Onyckogryphi 



Incarnation [in-kar-na' -shun . 1. Granulation; heal- 

 ing process. 2. See Conception. 



Incarnification [in-kar-nif-ik-a'-shun). Same as In- 

 carnation. 



Incasement [in kas r -ment) [in, in ; ME., casse,a box]. 

 The act of inclosing in a case. Incasement, Encase- 

 ment, Theory of, the doctrine that the ovum or sp< r 

 matozoid of the first animal <>l each species incased the 

 germs of all subsequent individuals of the species. 

 This theory was also called that of Preformation. Cf. 

 Evolution. 



Incest (in'-sest) [incestus, not chaste]. Carnal inter- 

 course between persons of near relationship. 



Inch [ME., inche, inch]. The twelfth part of a foot. 

 It equals 25.39954 millimeters. 



Incidence [in* -sid-ens) [incidere, to fall upon], A 

 falling upon. The direction in which one body strikes 

 another. I., Line of, the path of a ray or a projec- 

 tile. I., Point of, the point upon which the ray or 

 projectile is reflected or strikes. 



Incident [in'-sid-ent) [incidere, to fall upon]. Falling 

 upon. 



Incineration [in-sin-er-a'-shun) [in, in ; cineres, ashes]. 

 The process of heating organic substances in contact 

 with the air until all organic matter is driven oft, and 

 only the mineral ash remains. 



Incised [in-sizd') [inddere, to cut]. Cut or notched. 

 I. Wound, one made by a sharp-edged instrument. 



Incisiform [in-si f -sif-orm) [incisor, incisor; forma, 

 form]. In biology, resembling an incisor tooth. 



Incision (in-sizA'-un) [incisio, or incisura, an incision]. 

 The act of cutting into any tissue of the body. 



Incisive [in-si / -siv) [incidere, to cut]. Having the 

 quality of cutting. Pertaining to the incisor teeth. 

 I. Canal. See Canal. I. Foramina. See Foramen. 

 I. Fossa. See Fossa. I. Teeth. See Incisor. 



Incisor [in-si* -sor) [incidere, to cut]. Any cutting in- 

 strument. I. Nerve, the branch of the inferior dental 

 nerve supplying the incisor and canine teeth. See 

 Nerves, Table 0/. I. Teeth, the four most anterior 

 teeth in each jaw. 



Incisura [in-si-su* -rak) [incidere, to cut into]. A 

 notch. Also, an incision. I. cerebelli, one of two 

 notches separating the hemispheres of the cerebellum, 

 the one in front and the other behind. I. inter- 

 tragica, the deep notch in the pinna of the ear separ- 

 ating the tragus and the anti-tragus. I. santorini, 

 a fissure extending in a vertical direction through the 

 cartilage of the auditory canal. 



Incisure (in-sizk'-ur) [incisus, p. p. <>t incidere, to cut 

 into]. A slit or notch. I.'s of Schmidt and Lau- 

 termann, oblique lines running across the white sub- 

 stance of the inter-annular segments of stretched me- 

 dullated nerve-fibers. 



Inclaudent [in-klaw 1 '-dent) [in, not ; claudere, to close]. 

 In biology, not closing. 



Included (in-klud'-cd ) [in, in; claudere, to shut in]. 

 Applied to stamens or pistils that do not project be- 

 yond the corolla, but are contained within it. 



Inclusio fcetalis [in-klu'-ze -0 fe-ta'-lis) [1-]. A form 

 of fetal parasitism in which the parasite is more or 

 less included and overgrown by the tissues of the au- 

 tosite. 



Inclusion [in-klu'-zkun) [includere, to enclose or shut 

 in]. The state of being shut in. Also, the act of 

 shutting in; that which is shut in. 



Incoagulable [in-ko-ag , -u-la-bl)[in, not; coagulare,to 



curdle]. That which will not curdle or coagulate. 



Incoherence [in-ko-hlr 1 -ens) [incoharenlia ; in, not; 

 coke ' cling together]. The quality of b 



incoherent ; absence of connection of ideas or of lan- 

 guage ; incongruity or im 1 m e of diction. 



Incoherent [in-ko-he' -rent) [in, not ; coke ■ -.tick 



together]. Not connected or coherent; without 

 ability to preserve that sequence of words or of id 

 that is m to convey meaning. 



Incombustibility [in-com-bus-tib-W '-it-e) [in, not; 

 to burn up]. The state of being incombus 

 tible. 



Incombustible [in-com-bus' '-lib-l) [in, not; combu 

 to burn up]. Incapable of burning. 



Income [in'-kum) [ME., income, income]. The 

 amount of food taken per diem. 



Incompatibility (in kom-pat-ib-il f -it-e) [in. not ; com- 

 patibilis, compatible]. That relation between medi- 

 cines that renders their admixture unsuitable This 

 incompatibility may be physiologic, chemic, physical, 

 or therapeutic. 



Incompatible [in kom-pat' -ib-l) [in, not ; compatibilis, 

 endurable]. Incapable of mixture without undergo- 

 ing such chemic or physical changes as impair or 

 destroy the usefulness of the compound ; physiologi- 

 cally antagonistic, and therefore useless to prescribe. 



Incompetence, Incompetency [in-kom' -pet-ens, in- 

 kom' '-pe-ten-se) [in, not ; competere, to be capable ; in 

 competens, insufficient]. Incapacity; inadequacy. 

 Inability to perform natural functions. I., Mental, a 

 disorder of mind sufficient to produce irresponsibility. 

 I., Aortic, Mitral, Pulmonary, Tricuspid. See 

 Endocarditis. I., Valvular. See Insufficiency. 



Incomplete [in-kom-plef) [in, not; computus, com- 

 plete]. Partial, as an incomplete hernia. I. Cop- 

 ulation. See Coitus reservatus. I. Hernia. See 

 Hernia . 



Incongruence [in-kon / -gru-ens] [incongruens, incon- 

 sistent], lack of congruence. I., Retinal, lack 

 of correspondence in the situation of the percipient 

 elements of the two retina;. 



Incongruity [in-kon-gru* '-it-e) [in, not; congruere, to 

 go together]. Absence of agreement or of needful 

 harmony. 



Incontinence [in-kon' -tin-ens) [in, not; continere, to 

 contain]. Inability to control the evacuation of the 

 feces or the urine ; involuntary evacuation. This term 

 is sometimes used as a synonym < if venereal indulgence, 

 lewdness. I., Seminal. See Spermatorrhea. 



Incoordination [in-ko-or-din-a' -shun) [in, not ; con, 

 together; ordinare, to order]. In pathology, the 

 inability to produce voluntary muscular movements in 

 proper order or sequence; lack of harmony between 

 the will and the muscular activity. I. of Ocular 

 Muscles. Sec Insufficiency. 



Incorporation [in-kor-por-a' '-shun) [in. in ; corpu<, a 

 body]. The process of intimately mixing the particles 

 of different bodies into a practically homogeneous 

 mass. 



Incrassate [in-kras / -at) [in, in; crassare, to make 

 thick]. In biology, thickened or swollen. 



Incrassation [in-kras-a' -shun) [incrassatio ; in, in; 

 crassus, thick]. The process of making thick, a.- by 

 inspissation ; enlargement of a part, due to fatness. 



Incrassative [in-kras' -at-iv) [incrassare, to make 

 thick]. I. Having the power to make thick or 

 thicker. 2. Formerly a medicine supposed to correct 

 a thinness of the humors. 



Incremation [in-kre-ma' -shun). See Cremation. 



Increment [in' '-kre-ment) [incrementum, growth]. In 

 crease 1 »r growth. 



