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incubation, n., tn' hub >d' shun (L. 

 incubdtuSj lain or rested upon 

 from in, on ; cubo, I lie down), 

 in med., the period during which 

 a contagious disease lies latent 

 before showing itself : incubus, 

 n., tn'-kub'tte (L. incubus, the 

 nightmare from incubo, I lie 

 upon), the nightmare ; any 

 oppressive -or stupefying in- 

 fluence. 



incumbent, a., in-ktirn'Mnt (L. 

 incumbens, leaning or lying upon 

 from in, on ; cubo or cumbo, I 

 lie down), in bot., applied to 

 cotyledons with the radicle on 

 their back. 



incurvate, a., tn-kerv'-dt (L. in- 

 curvdtus, bent or curved from 

 in, into ; curvus, bent, crooked), 

 in bot. t curved inwards or up- 

 wards. 



incus, in., in'US (L. incus, a 

 smith's anvil), a small bone of 

 the ear, so called from its sup- 

 posed resemblance to an anvil. 



indefinite, a., ln-dtf-fa*U (L. in, 

 not; Eng. definite), in bot., hav- 

 ing an inflorescence with a cen- 

 tripetal expansion ; having more 

 than twenty stamens ; having 

 numerous ovules and seeds ; 

 generally denoting uncertainty, 

 or without limit. 



indehiscent, a., &i'-dt>h&8%nl (L. 

 in, not; dehisco, I open, I gape, 

 dehiscens, opening, gaping), in 

 bot., not opening ; having no 

 regular line of suture ; applied to 

 fruits such as the apple, which 

 do not split open. 



independence, n., fo/-d&'p&nd'-$ns 

 (L. in, not ; Eng. dependence), 

 in bot., the separation of organs 

 usually entire. 



indeterminate, a., $n'- de-term' in> 

 at (L. in, not; Eng. determinate), 

 in bot., unlimited ; indefinite. 



index finger, m'-d'elcs fing'-ger (L. 

 indico, I point out ; index, an 

 informer), the forefinger, being 

 that employed in pointing at an 

 object. 



indicator, n., In'-dik-at'-or (L, 

 indicatus, pointed out), in anat. t 

 the muscle which extends the 

 forefinger ; the extensor indicis. 



indigenous, a., m-didf-^n-us (L. 

 indigZna, a native, born and bred 

 in the same country or town), 

 not exotic or introduced, applied 

 to plants ; an aboriginal native 

 in a country. 



indigestion, n., m'-di-j$st'yun (L. 

 indigestus, confused, disordered), 

 a derangement of the powers of 

 digestion ; a painful or imperfect 

 change of food in the stomach ; 

 dyspepsia. 



indigo, n., in'-dlg-o (F. indigo 

 from L. indicus, Indian), 

 beautiful blue dye, procured by 

 fermentation from various species 

 of Indigofera : Indigofera, n. , 

 in'-dig-of-Zr-a (Eng. indigo; L. 

 fero, I bear), an extensive genus 

 of elegant plants, Ord. Legum- 

 inosse, Sub-ord. Papilionacese, 

 most of whose species produce 

 indigo, chiefly Indigofera tinc- 

 toria, ftngk'tor-i'd (L. tinctorius, 

 belonging to dyeing from tingo, 

 I dye), also from I. anil, an'-il 

 (Arab, annil, the indigo plant); 

 I. caerulea, ser-dl'-Z-a (L. ccerul- 

 eus, dark -blue); I. argentea, 

 dr-jZnt'e-a (L. argentZus, made 

 of silver from argentum, silver), 

 and many others ; the powdered 

 leaf of I. anil has been used in 

 hepatitis. 



indumentum, n., in'-du-mentf-iim 

 (L. indumentum, a garment 

 from induo, I put on), the 

 plumage of birds; in bot., a hairy 

 covering. 



induplicate, a., tn-dup'-lik-at (L. 

 in, in ; duplicdtus, doubled), in 

 bot., having the edges of the 

 sepals or petals turned slightly 

 inwards, in aestivation ; having 

 the margins doubled inwards. 



induration, n., in'-dur-d'-shun (L. 

 indurdtus, hardened from in, 

 into ; duro, I harden), the 

 hardening, or process of harden- 



