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ing of a part ; the hardening of 

 tissues around a part formerly 

 diseased. 



indusia, n., m-dutf-i-a, indusiae, 

 n. plu., -%& (L. indusium, a 

 shirt, a woman's under garment 

 from induo, I put on), the 

 cases or coverings of certain 

 insects: indusium, n., m-duz'-i- 

 tim, in bot., the epidermal cover- 

 ing of the fructification in some 

 ferns ; a collection of hairs so 

 united as to form a sort of cup, 

 and which encloses the stigma of 

 a flower. 



indutive, a., tn-dutf-w (L. indutus, 

 a putting on from induo, I put 

 on), in bot., applied to seeds 

 which have the usual integument- 

 ary covering. 



inequilateral, a., m'^wi-ldt^er-al 

 (in, not ; Eng. equilateral), 

 having the two sides unequal, as 

 in the case of the shells of the 

 ordinary bivalves ; not having 

 the convolutions of the shells 

 lying in the same plane, but 

 obliquely wound round an axis, 

 as in the Foraminifera. 



inembryonate, a., fa*&rrt,'M'&H-&t 

 (L. in, not; Eng. embryo], in bot., 

 having neither embryo nor germ. 



inenchyma, n., In-frig'-ldm-a (Gr. 

 ines, a fibre ; engchuma, what is 

 poured in, juice, tissue), in bot., 

 cells in which there is a spiral 

 elastic fibre coiled up in the in- 

 side, the cells generally consisting 

 of membrane and fibre combined. 



inequivalve, n., fn-ek'wi-valv (L. 

 in, not ; Eng. equivalve), a valve 

 consisting of two unequal pieces 

 or valves. 



inermis, a., m^erm'ts (L. inermis, 

 unarmed), in bot., unarmed ; 

 without prickles or thorns. 



infection, n., m-fVk'shun (L. in- 

 fectus, tainted, dyed from in, 

 into ; facio, I make), the act by 

 which poisonous matter or ex- 

 halations produce disease in a 

 healthy body ; see ' contagious. ' 



inferior, a., m-fer'-i-or (L. inferior, 



lower from inform, beneath, 

 below), in bot., growing below, 

 as when one organ is below 

 another ; applied to the ovary 

 when it seems to be situated 

 below the calyx, and to the part 

 of a flower farthest from the axis ; 

 below, lower, inner, as opposed 

 to 'superior,' 'which signifies 

 above, upper, outer : inferior 

 extremities, the legs as the lower 

 parts of the body. 



infiltration, n., In'-fil-traf-sli&n 

 (L. in, into ; Eng. filtration), the 

 act or process of passing into the 

 textures of a body ; the liquid or 

 substance which has so entered. 



inflammation, n. , m'flam'md'shun 

 (L. inflammo, I set on fire from 

 in, in or on ; flamma, a flame), 

 redness and heat in some part of 

 the body, accompanied with pain 

 and swelling; the succession of 

 changes which occurs in a living 

 tissue when injured, provided its 

 structure and vitality are not de- 

 stroyed. 



inflated, a., tn-flat'Zd (L. infldtus, 

 blown into, swollen), in 'bot., 

 puffed out ; distended. 



inflexed, a., in-flelcst' (L. inflexus, 

 bent, curved), in bot., curved or 

 bent upwards and inwards. 



inflorescence, n., m'-fldr-es's&ns (L. 

 inflorescens, beginning to blossom 

 from in, in or on; fioresco, I 

 blossom), a flowering or putting 

 forth blossoms ; the mode in 

 which the flowers are arranged on 

 the axis. 



influenza, n., in'fldo-Znz'a (It. 

 influenza, influence ; L. influens, 

 flowing into), a specific epidemic 

 fever, chiefly attacking the lining 

 membrane of the nose, larynx, 

 and bronchial tubes, and lasting 

 from four to eight days. 



infra-costales, n. plu., iflf-fra- 

 kost-al'-ez, also infra-costals, n. 

 plu., -Mst'alz (L. infra, under- 

 neath, below; costa, a rib), in 

 anat., small bundles of fleshy 

 and tendinous fibres, which vary 



