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division of Vertebrata, comprising 

 fishes and amphibia. 



ichthyosis, n., W'tM-wf-fo (Gr. 

 ichthua, the dried rough skin of 

 the dog - fish from ichthus, a 

 fish), a cutaneous disease in which 

 the skin is dry, harsh, and rough, 

 and apparently too tight for the 

 body ; a form of the disease in 

 which dry, hard, greyish or 

 slate - coloured scales appear on 

 different parts of the body. 



icosandria, n. plu., ik'-Ss-andf-ri-a 

 (Gr. eikosi, twenty ; hedra, a 

 seat, a basis), plants which have 

 twenty or more stamens inserted 

 on the calyx : icosandrous, a., 

 iktd'S'dnd'rus, having twenty 

 stamens. 



icterus, n., ik'-t^r-us (Gr. iJcteros, 

 L. icterus, jaundice), jaundice : 

 icterus neonatorumi, ne'-o-nat-or'' 

 um (Gr. neos, new, fresh ; L. 

 natorum, of the new-born from 

 ndtus, born); the jaundice of the 

 new-born ; yellow gum in new- 

 born infants.. 



idiocy, n., id'i-ds-i (Gr. idiotes, a 

 private individual from idios, 

 proper, peculiar to oneself), a 

 form of insanity where the mind 

 from the first is imperfectly de- 

 veloped, and remains permanently 

 in this undeveloped state : idiot, 

 n., id'-i'Ot, a human being more 

 or less defective in regard to his 

 mental or moral powers. 



idiopathy, n., td'-Wp'.&tM (Gr. 

 idios, peculiar; pathos, suffering), 

 a morbid state or condition not 

 dependent on or caused by any 

 other: idiopathic, a., &%'$ frpfttht 

 ik, not depending on any other 

 disease ; arising without any 

 apparent exciting cause ; the 

 opposite of * sympathetic. ' 



idiosyncrasy, n., td'i-d-stng'-krfo'i 

 (Gr. idios, peculiar ; sungkrasis, 

 a mixing together), an unusual 

 peculiarity of an individual 

 in consequence of which he is 

 affected in a different manner 

 from the majority by one or 



several influences; that condition 

 of mind or body commonly known 

 as 'antipathy.' 



idiot, see 'idiocy.' 



Idiothalameae, n. plu., id'-i-d-thal- 

 dm'e-e (Gr. idios, peculiar ; thal- 

 amos, a receptacle), a section of 

 the Lichens, having their shields 

 closed at first and open afterwards, 

 containing free spores in a nucleus 

 composed of the gelatinous re- 

 mains of the paraphyses and 

 sporangia : idiothalamous, a., 

 id'-i-o-thdVam-us, possessed of a 

 colour or texture differing from 

 the thallus in lichens. 



Ignatia amara, ig-naf-slii-a dm- 

 art a (St. Ignatius; amdrus, 

 bitter), St. Ignatius's bean, pro- 

 ducing strychnia ; also called 

 Strychnos Ignatia. 



ileo, zl'8-o, denoting connection 

 with the ileum, or some relation 

 to it: ileo-csecal, se&dl (L. ccec- 

 us, blind), applied to two semi- 

 lunar folds of mucous membrane 

 found at the termination of the 

 ileum in the large intestine, 

 forming the division between the 

 caecum and colon. 



ileum, n., tt'e-tim^ (L. and Gr. 

 ileos, a severe kind of colic from 

 Gr. eileo, I turn or twist), the 

 lower portion of the small intest- 

 ine, so called from its numerous 

 convolutions: ileus, n., tf**to, 

 an obstruction in the bowels 

 accompanied by vomiting, pain, 

 and fever ; intussusception of the 

 bowels; iliac passion. 



Hex, n., il'eks (L. ilex, a kind of 

 oak), a genus of elegant trees and 

 shrubs, having evergreen prickly 

 foliage, Ord. Aquifoliacese : Ilex 

 aquifolium, dk-wi-fol'i-um (L. 

 dcus, a needle ; fdiium, a leaf), 

 the common holly, indigenous 

 in Britain ; the leaves and bark 

 are said to possess tonic and febri- 

 fuge properties, and its berries 

 emetic and purgative: I. Para- 

 guensis, pdr r 'd-gw%ns''ls (of or 

 from Paraguay), a species which. 



