

INCARNATIO 



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INCREMENT 



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

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

 cus, it is often persistent as a distinct bone. 



Incarnatio {in-kar-na' -she-d) [L.]. Conversion into 

 flesh. I. unguis, the ingrowing of a nail. See 

 Onychogryphosis. 



Incarnation {in-kar-na' 'shun). I. Granulation ; heal- 

 ing process. 2. See Conception. 



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

 carnation. 



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

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

 ment, Theory of, the doctrine that the ovumorsper- 

 matozoid of the first animal of each species incased the 

 germs of all subsequent individuals of the species. 

 This theory was also called that of Preformation. Cf. 

 tition. 



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

 course between persons of near relationship. 



Inch [ME., inc/ie, 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 off, and 

 only the mineral ash remains. 



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

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



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

 form]. In biology, resembling an incisor tooth. 



Incision {in-sizh'-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 

 ~es, Table of. I. Teeth, the four most anterior 

 teeth in each jaw. 



Incisura [iu-si-su'-rah) [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-sizh'-ur) [incisus, p. p. of incidere, to cut 

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

 termann, oblique lines running across the white sub- 

 stance of the inter-annular segments of stretched me- 

 dullated nerve-fibers. 



Inclaudent (in-kla-zt/ -dent) [in, not ; claudere, to close]. 

 In biology, not closing. 



Included {in-kind' -ed) [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-o fe-ta'-lis) [L.]. A form 

 of fetal parasitism in which the parasite is more or 

 less included and overgrown by the tissues of the au- 

 tosite. 



Inclu S i on (in-klu'-zhun) [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-her 1 '-ens) [incohcereniia ;' in, not ; 

 coh&rere, to cling together]. The quality of being 

 incoherent ; absence of connection of ideas or of lan- 

 guage ; incongruity or inconsequence of diction. 



Incoherent (in-ko-he'-rent) [in, not; coharere, to stick 

 together] . Not connected or coherent ; without 

 ability to preserve that sequence of words or of ideas 

 that is necessary to convey meaning. 



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

 comburere, to burn up]. The state of being incombus- 

 tible. 



Incombustible {in-com-bus' '-tih-l) [in, not ; comburere , 

 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'-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-paf -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 (i?i-kotn' -pet-ens, in- 

 kom'-pe-teti-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-plet / ) [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 retinse. 



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 of 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 movements in proper 

 combination or sequence ; lack of harmony between 

 the will and the muscular activity. I. of Ocular 

 Muscles. See Insufficiency. 



Incorporation (in-kor-por-a' '-shun) [in, in ; corpus, 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, as by 

 inspissation ; enlargement of a part, due to fatness. 

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

 thick]. 1. 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 or growth. 



