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situated between the lobes of 

 organs. 



interlobular, a., In'-ter-lW-ul-dr 

 (I i. inter, between ; lobulus, a 

 little lobe), situated between the 

 lobules of organs. 



intermaxillae, n. plu., in r -ter>maks> 

 il'-le (L. inter, between ; maxillce, 

 the jaws), the two bones which 

 are situated between the two 

 superior maxillse in vertebrata ; 

 also called * prsemaxilke ' : inter- 

 maxillary, a., -il'-lar-l, situated 

 between the maxillary or jaw- 

 bone. 



intermission, n., fn'-ter-mfeh'-un 

 (L. inter, between ; missus, sent), 

 theperiod that intervenes between 

 the end of one paroxysm of ague, 

 and the beginning of the next ; 

 also called apyrexia, dp'-ir-tics' 

 l*a (Gr. a, without, not ; pur- 

 esso, I have a fever from pur, 

 fire). 



intermittent, a., in'-ter-mit'-tent 

 (L. inter, between ; mittens, 

 sending), ceasing at intervals : 

 n., a specific fever occurring in 

 paroxysms, and characterised by 

 a cold, a hot, and a sweating 

 stage, followed by a period of 

 complete absence from fever ; 

 ague. 



interneural, a., In'-tir-nur'-dl (L. 

 inter, between ; Gr. neuron, a 

 nerve), situated between the 

 neural processes in spines ; 

 applied to the sharp dermal 

 bones in certain fish which sup- 

 port the rays of their fins on the 

 upper or neural part. 



internode, n., in'-ter-ndd (L. in- 

 ternodum, the space between two 

 knots or joints from inter, 

 between ; nodus, a knot), in a 

 plant, the part of the stem lying 

 between two nodes or leaf buds : 

 internodia, n. plu., -nod'i-a, in 

 anat., the digital phalanges, or 

 fourteen joints of the fingers and 

 thumb. 



inter-osseous, a., in'-ter-tis'sV-us 

 (L. inter, between ; os, a bone, 



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belonging to a bone), a 

 name applied to muscles situated 

 between bones, as those between 

 the metacarpal of the hand : 

 inter-osseus membrane, n., the 

 inter - osseous ligament which 

 passes obliquely downwards from 

 the ridge on the radius, or small 

 bone of the arm, to that on the 

 ulna, or large bone of the arm. 



inter-peduncular, a., in'-ter-ped' 

 ungk r 'Ul'dr (L. inter, between ; 

 mid. L. peduncidus, a little foot), 

 in anat., applied to a lozenge- 

 shaped interval of the brain, 

 situated immediately behind the 

 diverging optic tracts, and 

 between them and the peduncles 

 of the cerebrum. 



interpetiblar, a., in f -ter-p&t'4>$l-ar 

 (L. inter, between ; petiolus, a 

 little foot -from, pes, a foot), in 

 bot. t situated between the pet- 

 ioles or basis of opposite leaves. 



interrupted, a., in'-ter-tipt'-ed (L. 

 interruptus, separated by breaking 

 or rending), in bot., having the 

 usual continuity of a part 

 destroyed : interruptedly pin- 

 nate, a., having a pinnate leaf in 

 which pairs of small pinnse occur 

 between larger pairs. 



interspinal, a., m'ter-spin'-al, 

 also interspinous, a., -spin'-us 

 (L. inter, between ; spina, a 

 spine), in anat., inserted between 

 the spinous processes of the vert- 

 ebrae : interspinales, n. plu., 

 -spln-dl'ez, short vertical fasciculi 

 of fleshy fibres, placed in pairs 

 between the spinous processes of 

 the contiguous vertebrae. 



interstaminal, a., $n'ter'Stam'-in> 

 dl (L. inter, between ; Eug. 

 staminal), in bot., an organ 

 placed between two stamens. 



interstitial, a., m'ter'Stish'al (L. 

 interstitium, distance or space 

 between from inter, between ; 

 sisto, I stand), pert, to or con- 

 taining interstices ; occupying 

 the interstices of an organ. 



inter-transversales, n. plu., in' 



