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INDEX 



small dose, and in five days more a larger dose of the 

 living virulent culture. 



Immunotoxin {iin-mu-no-toks' -in). Any antitoxin. 



Impetigo. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Darta. I. 

 adenosa, Aronstam's (N. E.) name for an acute con- 

 tagious, febrile, cutaneous disease characterized by 

 glistening pustules containing a yellow fluid and sur- 

 rounded by a bright yellow zone. It is attended by 

 pain in the joints, protracted vomiting, chills, and en- 

 larged lymph-glands. I., Bockhart's, epidermic ab- 

 scesses caused by pyogenic micrococci. I. variolosa, 

 that occurring among the pustules of smallpox when 

 they are drying up. 



Implacental (im-pla-sen'-tal) [in, not; placenta~\. 

 Without a placenta. 



Impression. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. An effect produced 

 upon the mind. 3. An impress ; a stamp. I. s, Digital, 

 small roundish pits on the inner surface of the bones 

 of the skull ; they are separated by the juga cerebralia. 

 Syn., Impressiones digitalce. I., Maternal, a mental 

 process of the mother, effecting some peculiarity or 

 teratologic development of the fetus. I.s, Palm and 

 Sole. See under Identification. 



Improcreance (im-pro'-kre-ans) [in, priv. ; procreare, 

 to beget]. The natural or acquired condition of being 

 unable to procreate, e. g., as a woman after the meno- 

 pause or one whose ovaries have been removed, or a 

 man without spermatozoa. 



Improcreant {im-pro''-kre-ant). Incapable of procre- 

 ating. 



Impunctate {im-punk'-tdt) [in, not ; pungere, to prick]. 

 Not pricked with dots ; not punctate. 



Impurity. (See Illus. Diet. ) 3. The substance which 

 causes uncleanness or adulteration by its presence. I., 

 Respiratory, the excess of carbon dioxid in the air of 

 a room over that in the outside air. 



Inacidity (in-as-id'-it-e) [in, priv.; acidity]. Want 

 of acidity; applied to failure of hydrochloric acid in 

 the gastric juice ; a constant symptom of gastric cancer; 

 it is an inconstant sign in catarrh, rumination, perni- 

 cious anemia, etc. 



Inalimental [in-al-ini-en' '-tat) [in, priv.; alimenttim, 

 food]. Not nourishing. 



Inangulate [in-ang'-gu-lat). Having no angles. 



In articulo mortis {in ar-tik'-u-lo mor f -tis) [L.]. At 

 the point of death. 



Inaxon, Inaxone {in-aks f on) [tc, nerve; a^uv, axis]. 

 A neuron with a long axon ; its axis-cylinder processes 

 for the most part are inclosed within a sheath. 



Inca Bone. See Incarial Bone (Illus. Diet.). 



Incallosal (in-cal-o' 'sal) [in, priv.; callosum\ With- 

 out a callosum. 



Incanate, Incanous (in'-kan-at, in' -kan-us) [incanus, 

 hoary]. Hoary white. 



Incapsuled [in-kap'-suld) [in-, in; capsula, a small 

 box]. Inclosed in a capsule ; capsulated. 



Incarceration, Incarceratio. (See Illus. Diet.) I., 

 Elastic, the loop of intestine which has been pressed 

 through a very narrow aperture and afterward with- 

 drawn from the hernial sac remains empty and col- 

 lapsed owing to the thickening of the portion which 

 was constricted I. of a Hernia, when the hernial 

 loop is held so firmly as to stop the movement of in- 

 testinal contents and circulation. I., Stercoral, hernia 

 of the large intestine containing an impacted fecal 

 mass; first described by Goursand (seventeenth cen- 

 tury). Kr., Eiigotti'iuent ; Ger., Kotcinkhmmung, 



Incarnant (in-l-iim'-ant ) [incarnare, to make flesh]. 

 I. Flesh-forming; promoting granulation. 2. A 

 remedy or agent which produces flesh or promotes 

 granulation. 



Incarnate [in-har'-ttat). Flesh-colored. 



Inceal (in'-se-al) [incus, an anvil]. See Incudal (Illus. 

 Diet. ). 



Incisal (in-si 1 '-zal) [incidere, to cut]. Applied to the 

 cutting edge of incisors. I. Angles. See under 

 Angles. 



Incision. (See Illus. Diet.) I., Crucial, a cross- 

 shaped incision, consisting of two incisions crossing 

 each other at right angles. I., Diagnostic, I., Ex- 

 ploratory, one into a cavity for ascertaining the nature 

 of the contents. I., Fergusson's (for removal of 

 -upper jaw). See Operations, Table of (Illus. Diet.). 

 I., Gensoul's (for removal of upper jaw). See Opera- 

 tions, Table of (Illus. Diet.). I., Kuestner's, a 

 method of entering the abdominal cavity to avoid sear 

 and hernia by a long horizontal cut, convex downward, 

 in the region just above the mons veneris where pubic 

 hair is normally present. I., Langenbach (for neph- 

 rectomy). See under Operations (Illus. Diet.). I.s, 

 Lantermann's. See Lantermann' s Notches (Illus. 

 Diet. ). I., Liston's, I., Lizar's. See under Lis* 

 ton's, in Table of Operations (Illus. Diet.). I., Pfan- 

 nenstiel's, one made in the same manner and in the 

 same region as that of Kuestner. I., Relief, one to 

 relieve tension, as in an abscess. I.s, Schmidt's. See 

 Lantermann's Notches (Illus. Diet.). I., Wilde's 

 (for mastoid disease). See Operations, Table of 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Inclination yin-klin-a'-shun) [inclinare, to incline]. 

 1. A propensity, a leading. 2. The deviation of the 

 long axis of a tooth from the vertical. I. of Uterus, 

 obliquity of the uterus. 



Inclinometer [in-klin-om'-et-ur) [inclinare, to incline; 

 fierpov, a measure]. A device for determining the 

 diameter of the eye from the horizontal and vertical 

 lines. 



Inclusion Theory of Cancer. See under Cancer. 



Income. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The Scotch vernacular 

 for white swelling. 



Inconscient (in-kon'-she-ent) [in, priv.; conscius, aware 

 of]. Done without consciousness; applied to impul- 

 sive muscular action. 



Inconstant [in-kon' -slant) [in, priv. ; conslare, to stand 

 together]. Changeable; not constant. 



Incubation. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The process of 

 development of a fecundated ovum. Syn., Ornitho- 

 trophy. See Table of, under Pregnancy (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Incudectomy {in-ku-dek' -to-me) [incus; ektoui/, a cut- 

 ting out]. The surgical removal of the incus. 



Incurvorecurved (in-kur-vo-re-kurved'). Curved in- 

 ward and then backward. 



Incustapedic (in-hu-slap-e'-dii). See Incudostapedcal 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Incutympanic {in-ku-tim' '-pan-ik). See Incudotym*. 

 panic (Illus. Diet.). 



Indagation (iu-da-ga'-shun) [indagare, to trace out]. 

 Close investigation. 



Index. (See Illus. Diet.) I., Breadth-height, the 

 height of a skull multiplied by IOO and divided by the 

 breadth. I., Dental, the length of the upper molars 

 and premolars multiplied by 100 and divided by the 

 basinasal length. I., Goniozygomatic (of lower 

 jaw), the bigonial breadth multiplied by 100 and 

 divided by the bizvgomatic breadth. I., Length- 

 breadth. See /.', Cephalic (Illus. Diet.). I., 

 Length-height, the length of a skull multiplied by 

 100 and divided by its height. I. -movement, 

 under Movement (Illus. Diet.). I., Obturator (of 

 pelvis), the transverse diameter multiplied by 1 00 and 

 divided by the vertical diameter. I., Palatine, the 

 ratio of the maximum breadth of the palatine arch t>> 

 its maximum length. I., Pelvic. See under /Wric 



