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ul-dt'a (L. in, not, without ; 

 operculum, a lid), in zool., the 

 division of pulmonate ' Gasterop- 

 oda ' in which there is no shelly 

 or horny plate to close the shell 

 when the animal is withdrawn 

 within it : inopercular, a., in'-o- 

 perk f -ul'dr, without an operculum 

 or lid, as certain univalve shells. 



inoscinic, a., In'-oS'Sin'-ik (Gr. is, 

 fibre, lnos r of fibre ; kineo, I 

 disturb, I change), applied to an 

 acid obtained from muscular 

 fibre : inoscinate, n.,. in-ds'-sin- 

 at, the combination of inoscinic 

 acid with a salifiable base. 



inosculation, n., In-fts'-knl-af-shun 

 (L. in, into ; osculatus, kissed 

 from osculum, a little mouth), the 

 union, as two vessels in a living 

 body ; in bot., grafting or 

 budding. 



inosite, n., wf-tis-U (Gr. is, fibre, 

 inos, of fibre), a saccharine prin- 

 ciple obtained from the juice of 

 flesh, which is not susceptible of 

 alcoholic fermentation : inosuria, 

 n., in'6s-uir / -$'& (Gr. oureo, I 

 make water), the same substance 

 when found in morbid urine. 



insalivation, n., m-sal'-iv-af-shun 

 (L. in, into ; sallvatio, a filling 

 with saliva from salivo, I spit 

 out), the process of mixing the 

 saliva intimately with the food 

 during mastication. 



insane, a., in-sdn' (L. insanus, 

 unsound in mind from in, not ; 

 sdnus, sound), deranged or 

 unsound in mind : insanity, n., 

 lU'San'-tt'i, unsoundness of mind; 

 the state of mind which in- 

 capacitates for the proper man- 

 agement of property, or which 

 renders the patient more or less 

 an object of public danger ; 

 lunacy. 



Insecta, n. plu., tn-sZlclf-a (L. 

 insectus, cut into, insecta, things 

 cut into from in, into ; seco, I 

 cut), the class of articulate 

 animals commonly known as 

 insects, which commonly under- 



