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INTERFILAR 



Intensive {in-ten'-siv) [intensus, stretched; strung]. 

 Gradually increased in force or energy. Strengthen- 

 ing or increasing the sexual passions. I. Method of 

 Pasteur. See Pasteur. 



Intention [in- ten' -shun) [intentio, a stretching out]. 

 See Healing. I. -tremor, a tremor coming on wnen 

 attempts at voluntary motion are made. 



Inter- {in'-ter-) [inter, between]. A Latin prefix signi- 

 fying between. 



Interaccessory {in-ter-ak' '-ses-or-e) [inter, between ; 

 accedere, to go to]. Situated between accessory pro- 

 cesses of the vertebrae. I. Muscles, short lumbar mus- 

 cles connecting the accessory processes of the vertebrae. 



Interarticular {in-ter-ar-tik' '-u-lar) [inter, between ; 

 articulus, a joint]. Situated between joints. I. 

 Fibro-cartilage, the flattened cartilaginous plates, 

 irregular in shape, between the articular cartilages of 

 certain joints. 



Interarytenoid {in-ter-ar-i'-ten-oid) [infer, between; 

 apvraiva, a pitcher; eldoc, likeness]. Between the 

 two arytenoid cartilages. I. Muscle. See Muscles, 

 Table of. 



Interauricular {in-ter-aw-rik' '-u-lar) [infer, between ; 

 auricula, auricle]. Situated between the auricles or 

 auriculae. 



Interbrain {in'-ter -bran). See Diencephalon and 

 Th alameticephalon . 



Intercadence {in-ter-ka' '-dens) [inter, between ; cadere, 

 to fall]. The irregular beating of the pulse, which 

 seems occasionally to have an additional beat between 

 normal pulsations. 



Intercadent {in-ter-ka' '-dent) [inter, between ; cadere, 

 to fall]. Exhibiting the quality of intercadence. 



Intercalary (in-ter' -kal*a-re) [inter, between ; calare, 

 to insert]. Placed or inserted between. I. Growth, 

 a growth of new material interstitially deposited. 



Intercalatum {in-ter-kaF -at-um) [inter, between ; 

 calare, to insert]. Substantia nigra; locus niger ; a 

 dark mass of crescentic outline situated between the 

 ventral crusta and the dorsal tegmentum of the crus 

 cerebri. 



Intercapillary {in-ler-kap 1 '-il-a-re) [inter, between ; 

 capillus, a hair]. Between capillaries. 



Intercarotic, Intercarotid {in-ter-kar-ot'-ik, in-ter-kar- 

 ot'-id ) [inter, between ; napdeiv, to produce sleep] . 

 Situated between the external and internal carotids. 

 I. Ganglion. See Ganglia, Table of. 



Intercavernous {in-ter-kav-er' '-nun) [inter, between ; 

 caverna, a cave]. Situated between two antra, or 

 between the two cavernous sinuses. 



Intercellular {in-ter-sel' '-u-lar) [inter, between ; 

 cellula, a small cell]. Among or between cells. 



Intercentral {in-ter-:.en' -tral) [inter, between ; cen- 

 trum, a center]. Between centers. 



Intercerebral (in-ter-ser' -e-bral) [infer, between ; cere- 

 brum, cerebrum]. Between the right and left cerebral 

 hemispheres. 



Interchondral {in-ter-km'-dral) [inter, between; 

 %6»8pOQ t cartilage]. Between cartilages; by means 

 of the interposition of cartilages. 



Intercilium [in-ter-sil' '-e-um). See Glabella. 



Interclavicle {in-ter-klav' -ik-l) [inter, between; 

 clavus, a key]. A membrane-bone which in all ver- 

 tebrates below the rank of mammals, and also in the 

 monotremes, is developed either ventrad of the 

 sternum, or between the clavicles. In the typical 

 mammalia no true interclavicle exists ; but some 

 theorists have given the name to certain extra-sternal 

 structural elements in the true or placental mammals. 



Interclavicular {in-ter-klav-ik' '-u-lar) [inter, between ; 

 clavicula, the collar-bone]. Between the clavicles. 



Interclinoid {in-ter-kW -noid) [inter, between ; Khivi], 



bed ; eldog, resemblance]. Between the clinoid pro- 

 cesses of the sphenoid bone. 



Intercolumnar {in-ter-kol-um' -nar). See Fascia. 



Intercondylar, or Intercondyloid {in-ter-kon' '-dil-ar, 

 in-ter-kon' -dil-oid) [inter, between ; novdv'/jic, a knob; 

 eldoc, likeness.] Between condyles. I. Eminence, 

 the spine or knob separating the two condylar portions 

 of the tibia. I. Fossa, the notch between the condyles 

 of the femur. I. Line, a transverse line crossing above 

 the intercondyloid fossa, and joining the condyles. 

 I. Notch. Same as /. Fossa. 



Intercostal {in-ter-kos'-tal ) [inter, between ; casta, a 

 rib]. Pertaining to the space between ribs. I. Arteries, 

 the aortic arteries of the intercostal spaces. See 

 Arteries, Table of . I. Muscles. See Muscle;, Table 

 of. I. Nerves, the anterior divisions of the dorso- 

 spinal nerves. See Nerves, Table of. 



Intercosto-humeral {in-ter-kos' '-to-hu' '-mer-al ) [inter, 

 between ; costa, rib ; humerus, the bone of the upper 

 arm]. Pertaining to the arm and the space between 

 the ribs. 



Intercourse {in' -ier-kors) [intercursus, commerce]. 

 Communication. I., Carnal, sexual connection ; coi- 

 tion. I., Sexual. Same as I., Carnal. 



Intercoxal {in-ter-koks' -al) [inter, between; coxa, 

 hip] . Situated between the coxa; or hips. 



Intercurrent {in-ter-kur'-ent) [infer, between; citr- 

 rere, to run]. Occurring or taking place between. 

 I. Disease, a term loosely applied to diseases occur- 

 ring sporadically during a period of prevailing endemic 

 or epidemic diseases. Also applied to a disease arising 

 or progressing during the existence of another disease in 

 the same person. 



Interdental {in-ter-den'-tal) [inter, between ; dens, a 

 tooth]. I. Between the teeth. 2. An interdentiura. 

 I. Splint, a splint used in fracture of the jaw, con- 

 sisting of a metallic frame at the neck of the teeih, 

 held by wire sutures passing between the teeth. 



Interdentium {in-ter-den'-she-um) [infer, between ; 

 dens, a tooth] . The space between any two of the teeth. 



Interdiction {in-ter-dik' -shun) [interdictio, a prohibit- 

 ing]. A judicial or legal process that deprives an 

 insane person or one suspected of insanity of the man- 

 agement of his own affairs or of the afiairs of others. 



Interdigital {in-ter-dij' -it-al) [inter, between ; di 

 a finger]. Between fingers. I. Membrane, the 

 skin between the toes of palmate-footed animals. 

 I. Space, that between adjacent fingers. 



Interdigitation {in-ter-dij-it-a'-shun) [inter, between; 

 digitus, a finger]. The locking or dovetailing of 

 similar parts, as the fingers of one hand with those of 

 the other; or of the ends of the obliquus exiertuu 

 muscle with those of the serratus magttus. 



Interfascicular {in-ter-fas-ik'-u lar) [infer, between; 

 fasciculus, a bundle]. Situated between fasciculi. 



Interfemoral {in-ter-f-m'-or-al) [inter, between; 

 femur, the thigh]. Between the femurs or thighs. 



Interfere {in-ter-fer') [inter, between; fen) 

 strike]. In horses, to strike one hoof or the sli 

 one hoof against the opposite leg or fetlock. 



Interference {in-ter-fir' -ens) [inter, between ; ferire, 

 to strike]. Interposition. I. of Light, the mutual 

 neutralization of waves of light, as shown in Newton's 

 rings, when the crest of one wave falls upon the 

 trough of another. I. of Sound, the neutral' 

 of two sound-waves, one by the other. 



Interfibrillar [tn-ter-fi' '-bril-ar) [inter, between ; fibra, 

 a fiber]. In biology, situated between the fibril 

 tissues. 



Interfilar {in-ter-fi' -lar) [inter, between; filum, a 

 thread]. In biology, existing between the filaments 

 of a reticulum. 



