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go transformations; a small creep- 

 ing or flying animal, as the fly, 

 bee, etc. , whose body appears cut 

 or almost divided into parts : In- 

 sectivora, n. plu., In'-s^kt-w'-or-a 

 (L. voro, I devour), an Order of 

 Mammals, such as the hedgehog 

 and the mole, which live chiefly 

 on insects : insectivorous, a., 

 in f 'Sekt'iv f 'dr'Us, living upon 

 insects. 



Insessores, n. plu., in'-ses-sor'-ez 

 (L. insessus, seated or perched 

 upon from in, on ; sedeo, I sit), 

 the Order of the perching birds, 

 who live habitually among trees : 

 insessorial, a., m^ses-sor^i'dl, 

 pert, to the perching birds. 



insolation, n., m'-sol'df-sh/un (L. 

 insoldtus, placed in the sun 

 from in, into ; sol, the sun), 

 exposure to the sun's rays for 

 drying or maturing, as fruits, 

 drugs, etc. ; sunstroke. 



inspiration, n., in'-splr-a'-shUn (L. 

 inspiro, I blow or breathe into 

 from in, into ; spiro, I breathe), 

 the act of drawing air into the 

 lungs. 



inspissate, v., m-spis'-sat (L. in, 

 into ; spissdtus, made thick), to 

 thicken, as a fluid by evaporation : 

 inspissated, v., in-spis'sdt-ed, 

 thickened, as juice by evapora- 

 tion : inspissation, n., m-spis> 

 sd'shtin, the operation of render- 

 ing a fluid thicker by evapora- 

 tion. 



insufflation, n., Zn'stif-jld'shtin 

 (L. in, in ; suffidtus, blown up, 

 puffed out), the act of blowing gas 

 or air into a cavity of the body. 



integument, n., m-teg'u'mgnt (L. 

 integumentum, a covering from 

 in, in ; tego, I cover), the cover- 

 ing skin, membrane, shell, etc., 

 which invests a body ; in hot. , 

 the external cellular covering of 

 plants. 



intention, first, n., 'm'tZn'shtin (L. 

 intentus, stretched out, extended), 

 applied to a wound which heals 

 without suppuration. 



interaccessorii, n. plu., tn'.ter-tik'. 

 seS'Sd'/'i-i (L. inter, between ; 

 accessus, a coming to, an 

 approach), another name for the 

 muscles * inter-transversales. ' 



interambulacra, n. plu., m'>% 

 am'-bul'd&rd (L. inter, between ; 

 ambulacrum, that which serves 

 for walking), in zool, the unper- 

 forate places which lie between 

 the perforate places, or * ambul- 

 acra' in the shells or crusts of 

 the sea-urchin and cidaris. 



interarticular, a., fa'-Mr-art-titt 

 ul-dr (L. inter, between ; artic- 

 ulus, a little joint), in anat., a 

 term applied to the cartilages 

 which lie within joints ; applied 

 to certain ligaments, as that 

 within the acetabulum. 



intercalate, v., m-ter'-kal-dt (L. 

 intercalatum, to proclaim that 

 something has been inserted 

 among from inter, between ; 

 calo, I call), to insert or place 

 between: intercalated, a., -dt-ed, 

 interposed ; placed 'between : 

 intercalary, a., m-er-M-ar', 

 in bot., applied to the growth 

 of cell-wall, when a new deposi- 

 tion takes place in such a man- 

 ner that an interposed piece of 

 cell - wall from time to time 

 appears. 



intercellular, a., tn'-ter-sZl'ul-dr 

 (L. inter, between ; cellula, a 

 little storehouse), in bot., lying 

 between the cells, or the cellular 

 tissue. 



intercostal, a., in'ter-co'st'al (L. 

 inter, between ; costa, a rib), in 

 anat., lying between the -ribs. 



interdigital, a., tn'-ter-didjttt-dl 

 (L. inter, between ; digitus, a 

 finger), in anat., situated between 

 the fingers ; pert, to the spaces 

 between the fingers. 



interfoliar, a., m'-tir-foU-ar (L, 

 inter, between ; folium, a leaf), 

 in bot., situated between two 

 opposite leaves. 



interlobar, a., in'-ter-lob'-ar (L. 

 inter, between; Gr. lobtis, a lobe), 



