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INJECT 



*esta (in-je's'-tah) [ingerere, to carry into]. Sub- 

 tances introduced into the body, especially for pur- 

 Dses of alimentation. 



jestion (in-jes' '-chuti) [ingestio, ingestion]. I. The 

 Production of food or nutrition into the mouth or 

 tomach. 2. The process by which a cell takes up 

 areign matters, such as bacilli or smaller cells, 

 jluvial (in-glu'-ve-al) [ingluvies, the crop]. Per- 

 ining to the ingluvies. 

 jjluvies (in-glu'-ve-ez) [in, in ; glutire, to swallow]. 

 In biology, the most anterior dilatation of the alimen- 

 iry canal, as the crop or craw in birds, the paunch or 

 lmen in mammals, the sucking-stomach of insects, 

 jluvin (in' ' -glu-vin) [ingluvies, crop or craw of a 

 bird] . A preparation obtained from the gizzard of the 

 fowl, Pullus gallinaceus, used as a substitute for pep- 

 in and pancreatin. It is very efficient in the vomit- 

 ig of pregnancy. Dose gr. x— xx. 

 jot (ing'-got) [ME., ingot, a mold for molten metal], 

 bar of gold, silver, or other metal, cast in a 

 lold. 



rassias, Processes, or Wings of. The lesser 

 rings of the sphenoid bone. 



ravescent (in-grav-es' -ent) [ingravescere , to become 

 leavy]. Increasing in weight or in severity. I. 

 Apoplexy. See Apoplexy. 



ravidation (in-grav-id-a'-shun). See Impregna- 

 tion. 



Ingredient (in-gre'-de-ent) [ingredi, to step into]. Any 

 substance that enters into the formation of a com- 

 pound. 



Ingrowing Nail. See Onychogryposis. 



Inguen (ing' -given) [L.]. The groin, q. v. 



Inguinal (in'-givin-al) [inguen, the groin]. Pertaining 

 to the groin. I. Arch, the crural arch. I. Canal, 

 the canal transmitting the spermatic cord in the male, 

 and the round ligament in the female. It is situated 

 parallel to and just above Poupart's ligament. I. 

 Glands, the superficial and the deep glands of the 

 groin. I. Hernia. See Hernia. See, also, Liga- 

 ment, Region, Ring. I. Plague. Synonym of Plague. 



Inguino- (in' '-gwin-o-) [inguen, the groin]. In com- 

 position, pertaining to the groin. I. -abdominal, 

 pertaining conjointly to the groin and the abdomen. 

 I. -crural, relating to the groin and the thigh. I.- 

 cutaneous, relating to the integument of the groin. 



Ingurgitation (in-gur-jit-a'-shun) [ingurgitatio, a swal- 

 lowing], i. The act of swallowing; deglutition. 2. 

 Excess in eating or drinking. 



Inhalation (in-ha-la' -shun) [inhalatio ; inhalare, to 

 draw in]. The in-breathing of air or other vapor. 

 I. -diseases, those due to the inspiration of air contain- 

 ing dust or any finely divided matter. See Grinders' 

 Disease. I. of Medicines, the introduction into the 

 air-passages or lungs of medicinal substances in the 

 form of vapor or fine spray. 



Inhale (in-kal') [inhalare, to breathe in]. To inspire 

 or draw air or other vapor into the lungs. 



Inhaler (in-ha'-ler) [inhalare, to breathe in]. An in- 

 strument for inhaling a gas or the vapor of a liquid 

 medicine. I., Nitrous-oxid, a breathing-tube for the 

 inhalation of nitrous-oxid gas ; it is constructed of 

 vulcanized rubber or metal. See Anesthetic. 



Inherent (in-he'-rent) [inhcerere, to cleave to]. Con- 

 stitutional ; innate ; natural to the organism ; not 

 casual or derivative. 



Inheritance (in-her'-it-ans) [F. , inheriter, to inherit]. 

 The act of inheriting. I., Particulate, the reappear- 

 ance of single peculiarities in the offspring. I., Use, 

 the inheritance of acquired characters ; the acquisition 

 by the offspring of changes in the body-cells of the 

 parent. 



Inherited (in-her'-it-ed) [in, in, to; heres, heir]. De- 

 rived from an ancestor. I. Disease, a disease that 

 has been transmitted to a child by its parent. " 



Inhibit (in-hib' -it) [inhibere, to check]. To check, 

 restrain, or suppress. 



Inhibition (in-hib-ish'-un) [inhibitio, restraint]. The 

 act of checking, restraining, or suppressing ; any in- 

 fluence that controls, retards, or restrains. Inhibitory 

 nerves and centers are those intermediating a modifi- 

 cation, stoppage, or suppression of a motor or secretory 

 act already in progress. I., Mental, the involuntary 

 restraint that active mental states exercise over bodily 

 functions, normal or otherwise. I., Vasomotor, an 

 influence exerted on the contractile walls of the blood- 

 vessels, that causes their dilatation by a diminution of 

 their tone. I., Voluntary, the checking or temporary 

 restraint of a reflex by force of will. 



Inhibitive (in-hib' -it-iv). See Inhibitory. 



Inhibitory (in-hib' -it-o-re) [inhibitorius, inhibitory]. 

 Having the power to restrain or hold in check. I. Cen- 

 ter of Setschenow, a cerebral center in the optic lobes 

 of the brain of the frog, the stimulation of which checks 

 spinal reflexes. I. Nerves of the Heart, those of 

 the vagus supplied by the cardio-inhibitory center, 

 through the spinal accessory nerve. I. Nerves of 

 Respiration, certain afferent fibers in the laryngeal 

 branches of the vagus nerve, that exert an inhibitory 

 action on the inspiratory act of respiration. I. Cen- 

 ters, nerve-centers that inhibit, restrain, or even 

 arrest the action of other centers. I. Fibers, centri- 

 fugal nerve-fibers that affect other centers so as to 

 moderate or nullify their action. 



Inhumation (in-hu-ma' -shun) [inhumare , to put in the 

 ground]. Burial of the dead in the ground. See 

 Hit/nation. 



Iniad (in'-e-ad) [iviov, the occiput]. Toward the 

 inial aspect. 



Inial (in'-e-al) [Jv/ov, occiput]. Pertaining to the inion. 

 I. Aspect, the posterior aspect of the head. 



Inien (in'-e-en) [Iviov, occiput]. Belonging to the inion 

 in itself. 



Iniencephalus (in-e-en-sef -al-tis) [Iviov, occiput ; 

 b/Ksoa/.oc, brain]. A variety of single autositic mon- 

 sters of the species Exencephalus in which there is the 

 same deformity of the skull as in notencephalus, with 

 the addition of a spinal fissure involving the cervical 

 and thoracic vertebrae. 



Iniodymus (in-e-od' -im-us) [iviov, occiput; 6'tfivfwq, 

 double]. A teratism with one body and two heads 

 joined at the occiput. 



Inio-glabellar (in'-e-o-gla-bel'-ar) [iviov, occiput ; 

 glaber, smooth]. Relating to or joining the inion and 

 the glabella. 



Inion (in'-e-on) [iviov, occiput]. The external protu- 

 berance of the occipital bone. SeeCraniometric Points. 



Iniops (in'-e-ops) [iviov, occiput; bib, face]. A cata- 

 didymous monstrosity with the parts below the navel 

 double, the thoraces joined into one, and one head 

 with two faces, the one incomplete. 



Inirritative (in-ir' -it-a-tiv) [in, not ; irritare, to irri- 

 tate]. Not irritant ; soothing. 



Initial (in-ish'-al) [in, into ; ire, to go]. Beginning or 

 commencing. I. Cells, germ-cells. I. Sclerosis, the 

 primary induration of a hard chancre. I. Stage of 

 Labor. See Labor, Stages of. 



Initis (in-i'-tis) [ic, muscle, fiber ; iTig, inflammation]. 

 Inflammation of fibrous or muscular tissue. 



Inject (in-jekf) [in, into; jacere, to throw]. To effect 

 the introduction of a liquid into any cavity of the body, 

 natural or artificial, by means of a syringe or similar in- 

 strument. In pathology, to produce a condition of 

 distention of the capillaries with blood. 



