infrahyoid 
as the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, 
and omohyoid, collectively known as depressors 
of the os lii/oides: opposed to suprahyoid. 
infralabialis (iu-fra-la-bi-a'lis),w.; pi. infrala- 
biales (-lez). [NL.,"< L. infra, below, + labium, 
lip : see labial.'] A muscle of the lower lip, 
commonly called the depressor labii inferioris. 
Coxes and Sliute. 
infra] apsarian (iu-fra-lap-sa'ri-au), a. and n. 
[< L. infra, below (after), + lapsus, fall, lapse 
(see lapse, .), + -aria*.] I. a. Pertaining to 
infralapsarianism or to those who hold it. 
II. a. [cap.] One who believes in infralapsa- 
rianism. 
infralapsarianism (in"fra-lap-sa'ri-an-izm), . 
[< infralapsarian + -ism.] In tlieot, the doc- 
trine, held by Augustiuians and by many Cal- 
vinists, that God planned the creation, permit- 
ted the fall, elected a chosen number, planned 
their redemption, and suffered the remainder 
to be eternally punished. The Sublapsarians be- 
lieve that God did not permit but foresaw the fall, while 
the Supralapsarians hold that God not only permitted but 
decreed it. 
Even the Canons of Dort, the Westminster Confession, 
and the Helvetic Consensus Formula, which are most pro- 
nounced on the doctrine of decrees, stop within the limits 
of iiifralapsarianisin. 
Schaf, Christ and Christianity, p. 162. 
inframammary (in-fra-mam'a-ri), a. [< L. - 
fra, below, + mamma, breast : see mammary. ] 
Lying below the breasts Inframammary re- 
gion, the region of the front of the chest bounded above 
by the sixth rib and below by the lower limit of the chest. 
inframarginal (in-fra-inar'ji-nal), a. [< L. in- 
fra, below, + margo"(-gin-), breast : see margi- 
nal.'] In entom., below or posterior to the mar- 
ginal cell in an insect's wing Inframarglnal 
cell, an outer cell in the anterior wing of certain aphids, 
or plant-lice, behind the marginal cell, and limited pos- 
teriorly by the furcal vein. Inframarginal convolu- 
tion, the superior temporal convolution. 
inframaxiilary (in-frji-mak'si-la-ri), a. and . 
[< L. infra, below, + maxilla, jaw: see maxilla- 
ry.} I. a. 1. Situated under the jaws; submax- 
illary: as, the inframaxiilary nerves. 2. Of or 
pertaining to the inferior maxillary or lower 
jaw-bone in general; mandibular Inframaxii- 
lary nerve, the third or lower division of the fifth cranial 
or trifacial or trigeminus nerve, more commonly called 
the inferior maxillary division. 
II. .; pi. inframaxillaries (-riz). The man- 
dible or lower jaw-bone of a vertebrate; the 
inferior maxillary bone. See intermaxillary. 
inframe (in-fram'), v. t. Same as enframe. 
This nature in which we are inframed answers to the 
subjective frame-work of our own mind. 
Hoppin, Old England, p. 198. 
inframedian (in-fra-me'di-an), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + medius, middle : see median.'] In zoo- 
geog., below the median belt or zone: applied 
to one of five zones into which the sea-bottom 
has been divided with reference to its fauna. 
The inframedian is succeeded by the abyssal 
zone. See zone. 
inframercurial (in"friUmer-ku'ri-al), a. [< L. 
infra, below, + Mercurius, Mercury: see mer- 
curial.'] Same as intramercurial. 
inframundane (in-fra-mun'dan), a. [< L. in- 
fra, below, + mundiis'j the world: see mundane."] 
Lying or being beneath the world; belonging 
to the lower regions or infernal world. 
infranatural (in-fra-nat'u-ral), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + tiatura, nature: see natural.'] Below 
nature; subnatural; hypophysical: the opposite 
of supernatural. See hypophysical. 
If there is a craving In man for the preternatural gener- 
ally, there seems to be a special tendency in the human 
mind, when left to itself, to nanker after the infra-natural 
forms of it. H. JV. Oxen/tarn, Short Studies, p. 421. 
infranchiset, infranchisementt. Obsolete 
forms of enfranchise, enfranchisement. 
infrangibility (in-fran-ji-bil'i-ti), . [< iufrnn- 
gtble: see -bility.] The state or quality of be- 
ing infrangible ; infrangibleness. 
infrangible (in-fran'ji-bl), , [< F. infran- 
gible = Sp. infrangible = It. infrangibile ; as 
m-s + frangible."] 1. Not capable of being 
broken or separated into parts. 
The primitive atoms are supposed infrangible. 
G. Cheijne. 
The sword broke short, nor could the force withstand 
(No earthly temper of a mortal hand 
Could arms divine, infrangible sustain ) 
The brittle weapon shiver'd on the plain. 
Uoole, tr. of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, vli. 
2. Not to be violated or infringed; inviolable: 
as, an infrangible oath. 
infrangibleness (in-fran'ji-bl-nes), M. The state 
or quality of being infrangible. 
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infra-obliquus (in"fra-ob-irkwus), n. ; pi. in- 
fra-obliqui (-kwi). [NL., < L. infra, below, -t- 
obliquus, oblique: see obliquus.] The lower 
oblique muscle of the eyeball ; the obliquus 
inferior. 
infra-ocular (in"fra-ok'u-lar), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + oculus, eye: see 'ocular."] In entom., 
below the compound eyes: said of antennae 
when they are inserted beneath these eyes. 
infra-orbital (in"fra-6r'bi-tal), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + tii'bita, orbit: see orbital."] Situated 
on the floor of, or below, the orbit of the eye ; 
suborbital: chiefly applied to a branch of the 
trifacial nerve, to the track of that nerve along 
the floor of the orbit, and to a foramen on the 
cheek just under the orbit, whence the nerve 
emerges Infra-orbital canal, foramen, etc. See 
the nouns. 
infra-orbitar (in"fra-6r'bi-tar), a. Same as in- 
fra-orbital. 
infra-orbitary (in"fra-6r'bi-ta-ri), a. Same as 
infra-orbital. 
infrapatellar (in"fra-pa-tel'ar), a. (X L. infra, 
below, + patella, the kneepan.] Below the 
patella. 
infrapose (in-fra-poz'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. in- 
fraposed, ppr. infraposing. [< L. infra, below, 
+ E. pose: see pose 2 .] To place under or be- 
neath. 
I had further an opportunity of seeing . . . his own dis- 
covery of an instance of terrestrial surface infraposed to 
the drift-gravels at the east end of the Isle of Wight. 
Austen, Proc. Geol. Soc., No. 42. 
infraposition (in"frS-po-zish'ou), n. [< L. in- 
fra, below, + positio'(n-), position: see position."] 
Position or situation beneath or under. 
infraradular (in-fra-rad'u-lar), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + NL. radula, q. v.] Situated under or 
below the radula or lingual ribbon of a mol- 
lusk. 
On the top of the muscles of the infraradular sheet there 
are two ganglia united to each other and to their fellows 
on the opposite side. 
R. J. H. Gibson, Trans. Roy. Soc. of Edin., XXXII. 627. 
infrarectus (in-fra-rek'tus), n. ; pi. infrarecti 
(-ti). [< L. infra, below, + rectus, right : see 
rectus."] The lower straight muscle of the eye- 
ball; the rectus inferior. See cut under eye- 
ball. 
infra-red (in'fra-red), a. [< L. infra, below, + 
E. rerfl.] Below the red. The infra-red rays of the 
spectrum are those invisible rays which have a greater 
wave-length and are less refrangible than the red rays 
at the lower end of the visible spectrum. (See spectrum.) 
Contrasted with ultra-vivlet. 
infrascapular (in-frii-skap'u-lar), a. [< L. in- 
fra, below, + scapula, shoulder-blade: see 
scapular."] Situated beneath the scapula that 
is, on its under surface or venter; lying be- 
neath the shoulder-blade ; subscapular. 
infrascapularis (in-fra-skap-u-la'ris), .; pi. 
infrascapulares (-rez)." [NL.: see infrascapu- 
lar.'] The teres minor. See teres. 
infraserratus (in'fra-se-ra'tus), n. ; pi. infra- 
serrati (-ti). [< ~L."infra, below. + serratus, 
serrate: see serrate."] The serratus posticus 
inferior. 
infraspinal (in-fra-spi'nal), a. [< L. infra, be- 
low, + spina, spine: see spinal.] Same as in- 
fruspinous. 
infraspinate (in-fra-spi'nat), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + spina, spine: see spinate."] Same as 
infraspinowi. 
infraspinatns (in"fra-spl-na'tus), n. ; pi. in- 
fraspinati (-ti). [NL" : see infraspinate.'] The 
muscle which occupies the infraspinous fossa, 
and is inserted into the middle facet of the 
greater tuberosity of the humerus. 
infraspinous (in-fra-spi'nus), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + spina, spine : see spinous.] Situated 
below the spine of the scapula. Also infraapi- 
nal, (H/ras/mmte.-infraspinous fascia, fossa, etc. 
See the nouns. 
infrastapedial (in"fra-sta-pe'di-al), a. and n. 
[< L. infra, below, + stapes, stirrup, mod. 
stapes.] I. a. Situated below the axis or main 
part of the stapes or columella auris : specifi- 
cally applied to an element or part of that 
bone in some animals, as birds, supposed by 
Flower to represent the stylohyal bone of a 
mammal. 
The stylo-hyal of a mammal is not fairly developed in a 
bird, unless contained in or represented by another claw 
of the stapes (an infra-stapedial element). 
Coues, Key to N. A. Birds (1884), p. 18B. 
II. w. An inferior element of the columella 
auris ; an infrastapedial bone. 
Infra-stapedial, which will unite with ... the stylo- 
hyal. Cwut, Key to N. A. Birds (1884), p. 154. 
infrigidation 
infrastigmatal (in-fra-stig'ma-tal), a. [< L. 
infra, below, + NL. stigma, q. v'.'] In entom., 
situated below the stigmata or breathing-pores : 
as, an infrastigmatal line on a larva. 
infrastipular (in-fra-stip'u-lar), a. [< L. in- 
fra, below, + NL. fiiipida, q. v.] In bot., situ- 
ated below the stipules : applied to outgrowths, 
usually in the nature of spines, below the stip- 
ules, as in some roses. 
infrathoracic (in"fra-tho-ras'ik), a. [< L. in- 
fra, below, + NL. thorax', q. v.] 1. Situated be- 
low the thorax. 2. Situated on the lower part 
of the thorax: specifically applied to the lower 
six pairs of thoracispinal nerves. 
infnitrochlear (in-fra-trok'le-ar), a. [< L. in- 
fra, below, + trochlea, pulley: see trochlca.] 
Situated below the trochlea or pulley of the 
superior oblique muscle of the eyeball, at the 
inner corner of the orbit of the eye: as, the 
infrafrochlear nerve, a branch of the fifth cra- 
nial nerve, which issues from the orbit below 
the trochlea. 
He had relieved the pain in a glaucoma absolutum by 
lacerating the infratrochlear nerve Badals operation. 
Medical News, XLIX. 188. 
in fraudem legis (in fra'dem le'jis). [L. : in, 
in ; fraudem, ace. offraus, fraud; legis, gen. of 
lex, law : see fraud and lex.~\ In fraud of the 
law: said of something devised so as to evade 
or circumvent the law or to pervert its pro- 
ceeding, in such sense as to be void on that 
account. 
infravaginal (in-fra-vaj'i-nal), a. [< L. infra, 
below, + NL. vagina, vagina: see vaginal.] 
Situated below the vaginal junction: as, the 
infraraginal cervix uteri. 
infrequence (iu-fre'kwens), n. [= F. infre- 
quence = Sp. infrecuencia = Pg. infrequencia = 
It. infreqiiensa, < L. infrequentia, a small num- 
ber, fewness, solitariness, < infrequen(t-)s, sel- 
dom, rare, infrequent: see infrequent.] Same 
as infrequency. [Rare.] 
Is it solitude and infrequemx of visitation? This may 
perhaps be troublesome to a man that knows not to en- 
tertain himself. JBp. Hall, Free Prisoner, 4. 
infrequency (in-fre'kwen-si), n. [As infre- 
quence: see -ency.~] 1. The state of being in- 
frequent or of rarely occurring; .uncommon- 
ness; rareness. 
Either through desuetude, or infrequent*/, or meer for- 
mality of devotion, he has sun* ered his mind to grow alien- 
ated from God. Young, Sermons (1678), p. 18. 
2t. The state of being little frequented; seclu- 
sion; solitude. 
It was the solitude and infrequency of the place that 
brought the dragon thither. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 1078. 
infrequent (in-fre'kwent), a. [= F. infrequent 
= Sp. infrecuente = 'Pg. It. infrequente, < L. 
infrequen(t-)s, infrequent, seldom, rare, < in- 
priv. + frequen(t-)s, crowded, frequent: seefre- 
quent.'] 1. Not frequent or customary; rare; 
uncommon; unaccustomed. 
The acte where of -[frugality] is at this daye as infra- 
nit or out of use amonge all sortes of men as the termea 
traunge vnto them which haue not bene well instruct- 
ed in Latyn. Sir T. Elyut, The Governour, iii. 21. 
A sparing and infrequent worshipper of the Deity betrays 
an habitual disregard of him. 
Wollaston, Religion of Nature, 1 1. 
2. In zool., being, as component parts, far 
removed from one another; distant; not nu- 
merous or close: as, infrequent spines, punc- 
tures, etc. 
infrequently (in-fre'kwent-li), adv. Not fre- 
quently. 
infrictfon (in-frik'shon), M. [< in-2 + friction.] 
A rubbing in, as of a medicine. 
The inflammation, he said, set in after the fourth in- 
friction. Medical News, LIII. 101. 
infrigidatet (in-frij'i-dat), r. t. [< LL. infrigi- 
datus, pp. of infrigidare, make cold, < L. in, in, 
to, + frigidare, make cold, < frigidus, cold: see 
frigid.] To chill; make cold: refrigerate. 
Whose coldness as it seems did not infrigidaie those 
upper parts of the glass to whose level the liquor itself 
did not reach. Boyle, Works, I. 393. 
infrigidationt (in-frij-i-da'shon), n. [= OF. iii- 
f>-ii/ii/atii>n, < LL. infrigidati'o(n-), a cooling, < 
infrigidarK, make cold: see infrigidaie.] The 
act of iufrigidating or making cold; refrigera- 
tion. 
The infrigidation of that air by the snow. 
Boyle, Works, II. 513. 
Madame de Bourignon . . . used to boast that she had 
not only the spirit of contlnency in herself, but that she 
had also the power of communicating it to all who beheld 
her. This the scoffers of those days called the gift of in- 
frigidation. Taller, No. 126. 
