Category: I
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Invertor
A muscle that rotates a part inward.
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Inventory
Any list of items, especially items to describe an individual’s personality.
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Invasive procedure
A procedure in which the body is penetrated or entered (e.g., by use of a tube, needle, device, or ionizing radiation).
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In vacuo
Within a cavity or a space from which air has been exhausted.
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Inulase
An enzyme that converts inulin to levulose.
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Intussuscipiens
The portion of intestine that receives the intussusceptum. The segment of intestine that is enveloped by the intussuscipiens, together creating an intussusception.
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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.
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Intubator
A device for controlling, directing, and placing an intubation tube within the trachea, blood vessel, or heart (as in Swan-Ganz catheter placement).
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Intromittent
Conveying or injecting into a cavity or body.
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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,