Category: I
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Intrauterine respiration
Respiration by the fetus before birth.
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Interrupted respiration
Respiration in which inspiratory or expiratory sounds are not continuous.
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Inversion repositor
An instrument for replacing an inverted uterus.
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Insect repellent
A commercial preparation effective in repelling insects. Many insect repellents contain diethyltoluamide, an effective agent popularly known as DEET.
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Infant relinquishment
The psychological process experienced by a birth mother during adoption of her child by others.
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Impaired religiosity
Impaired ability to exercise reliance on beliefs and/or participate in rituals of a particular faith tradition.
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Intrarater reliability
The extent to which a single individual, reusing the same rating instrument, consistently produces the same results while examining a single set of data.
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Index of refraction
The ratio of the angle made by the incident ray with the perpendicular (angle of incidence) to that made by the emergent ray (angle of refraction). A fixed numerical value associated with a particular material and specific color of light, indicating the extent of light refraction induced by that material, is known as the refractive…
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Irradiation reflex
The spreading of reflexes through the central nervous system whereby impulses entering the cord in one segment activate motor neurons located in many segments.
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Inversion recovery
In magnetic resonance imaging, a standard pulse sequence used to produce T1 weighted images.