Category: I

  • Invertor

    A muscle that rotates a part inward.  

  • Inventory

    Any list of items, especially items to describe an individual’s personality.  

  • Invasive procedure

    A procedure in which the body is penetrated or entered (e.g., by use of a tube, needle, device, or ionizing radiation).  

  • In vacuo

    Within a cavity or a space from which air has been exhausted.  

  • Inulase

    An enzyme that converts inulin to levulose.  

  • Intussuscipiens

    The portion of intestine that receives the intussusceptum.   The segment of intestine that is enveloped by the intussuscipiens, together creating an intussusception.  

  • Intussusceptum

    The inner segment of intestine that has been pushed into another segment. The segment of intestine that is enveloped by the intussuscipiens, together creating an intussusception.  

  • Intubator

    A device for controlling, directing, and placing an intubation tube within the trachea, blood vessel, or heart (as in Swan-Ganz catheter placement).  

  • Intromittent

    Conveying or injecting into a cavity or body.  

  • Intraventricular conduction delay

    Abnormally slow conduction of electricity through the ventricular walls of the heart, resulting in a QRS complex on the electrocardiogram that lasts longer than 0.12 sec but less than 0.16 sec. IVCD is sometimes referred to as an incomplete bundle branch block,