Category: I
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Inundation fever
A disease belonging to the typhus category is passed to humans through the bite of a mite, which is often found on field mice and rats. This ailment manifests with symptoms that include a prolonged fever lasting two to three weeks, a primary lesion, swollen glands, a skin rash, hearing loss, and indications of lung…
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Intravitreous
Inside the vitreous, the gel-like substance that fills the main cavity of the eyeball.
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Intra-urethral
Inside the urethra, the canal that transports urine from the bladder to the exterior.
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Intrapleural
Inside the pleural cavity of the chest, which is the space between the two layers of the pleural membrane that lines the chest wall and envelops the lungs.
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Intra-auricular
Inside an auricle, which is one of the two upper chambers of the heart, more accurately referred to as atria.
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Interosseous muscles
The tiny muscles situated between the primary bones of the hands and feet.
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Intermammary
In the area amid the breasts or mammary glands.
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Interlocking of twin
A complication during childbirth in which twins become entangled with one another, for example, with one twin positioned chin-to-chin, obstructing a natural birth and requiring delivery through a cesarean section.
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Interlobar abscess
An abscess that develops in the space between two lung lobes.
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Intercarpal
In the space amid the carpal bones, which are the small bones of the hand.