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Imbibition (Latin, imbibere, to drink in). The passage of 



fluid into dead or living tissues. 

 Inhibition (Latin, inhibeo, to restrain). Arrest of function 



of a nerve centre. 

 Inosite (Greek, is, inos, muscle). A kind of sugar found 



in muscle. 

 Ions. The dissociation of molecules into elements or 



ions, a name given to the elements of a liquid set free 



by the passage through it of an electric current 



(electrolysis). Ions set free at the anode are anions ; 



those at the katode, kations. 

 Irritability (Latin, irritare, to provoke). The property of 



living matter by which it is affected by a stimulus. 



Jejunum (Latin, jejunus, hungry). Upper two-fifths of 

 small intestine. 



Karyokinesis (Greek, karuon, nucleus ; kineo, to move). 

 The changes that occur in a nucleus in connection 

 with cell division. 



Keratin (Greek, keras, horn). A substance found in hairs, 

 nails, and other epidermic tissues, 



Laevulose (Latin, laevus, left). One of the substances 

 formed from cane sugar by the enzyme invertase.- 

 The other substance is dextrose. 



Lysis (Greek, lusis, solution). Occurs in many words, such 

 as ana-lysis, para-lysis, etc. 



Macula germinative. The germinal spot in the ovum. 



Malpighian corpuscles. Small bodies in the cortex of the 

 kidney consisting of a plexus of capillaries, forming 

 a ball, which is surrounded by the beginning of a 

 uriniferous tubule (the capsule). Malpighian glome- 

 ruli, in the spleen. 



Me* (Greek, middle) ; mes-enteric (Greek, enteron). 

 Glands : small lymphatic glands found in the mesen- 

 tery ; the membrane which connects the small 

 intestine with the posterior wall of the abdomen (a 

 reflection of the peritoneum). 



