iatrochemistry |
| noun
- (context, chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases.
- 2003: A parallel bid to read the body in terms of the new science came from . " Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 53)
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ice bag |
| noun
- A waterproof bag with a wide-mouthed stopper designed to hold ice, for service as an ice pack.
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ice pack |
| noun
- a large floating mass of ice; pack ice
- a pack of crushed ice applied to the body in order to reduce pain or inflammation
- a plastic sac of silicone that can be cooled in a freezer and then used in a cool bag
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ICU |
| initialism
- intensive care unit, Intensive care unit.
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imaging |
| verb
- (present participle of, image)
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immobilize |
| verb (immobiliz, ing)
- To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
- It is best to the injury until a doctor can examine it.
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implant |
| noun
- Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis.
verb
- (transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
- (transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
- (intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.
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implantation |
| noun
- The act or process of implanting.
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incompatible |
| adjective
- Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
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incubator |
| noun
- (chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction
- (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby
- An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs
- A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature
- Wikimedia Incubator.
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indication |
| noun
- Act of pointing out or indicate, indicating.
- That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
- The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Addison.
- Discovery made; information.
- (obsolete) Explanation; display. Bacon.
- (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
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inertia |
| noun
- (physics) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform straight motion; equivalent to its mass.
- (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
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infraction |
| noun
- A minor offence, petty crime
- a violation; breach
- (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.
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inhalant |
| noun
- something, especially a medication, that is inhaled
adjective
- intended for inhaling
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inject |
| verb
- (transitive) to push something in, especially fluids into a cavity or passage
- Smiling, the nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
- (transitive) to introduce something sudddenly or violently
- Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency to the British music scene.
- (transitive) to administer an injection to, especially of medicine or drugs
- Now lie back while we you with the anaesthetic.
- (intransitive) to take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs
- It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
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intern |
| noun
- a student who works (often without pay) in order to gain experience in their chosen field
- a recently graduated medical student working in a hospital as a final part of their medical training
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intrauterine device |
| noun (abbreviated as IUD)
- A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.
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intubate |
| verb
- To insert a tube into
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inunction |
| noun
- the anointing or rubbing-in of oil or balm
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invasive |
| noun
- An invasive plant, animal etc.
adjective
- that invades a foreign country using military force
- (context, of a plant or animal) that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species
- (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
- intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing
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iron |
| noun
- (context, uncountable) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe.
- (context, countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (context, usually plural, irons) Shackles.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (context, uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
- (context, Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive, ) A male homosexual.
verb
- (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
adjective (more iron, most iron)
- {not comparable} Made of the metal iron.
- (context, figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.
- She had an iron will.
- He held on with an iron grip.
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iron lung |
| noun
- A mechanical device for assisted breathing.
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irrigate |
| verb to irrigate
- To supply farmland with water, by building ditches and pipes etc
- To clean a wound with a fluid
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irrigation |
| noun
- The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
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irritable |
| adjective
- capable of being irritated
- easily exasperated or excited
- responsive to stimuli
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isolate |
| noun
- Something that has been isolated.
verb (isolates, isolating, isolated, isolated)
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (context, transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (context, transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
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IUD |
| initialism
- intrauterine device, intrauterine device
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IV |
| noun
- (medicine) An intravenous injection.
abbreviation
- Used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix.)
initialism
- (medicine) intravenous, Intravenous.
- (statistics) instrumental variable, Instrumental variable.
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iatrochemistry |
| noun
- (context, chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases.
- 2003: A parallel bid to read the body in terms of the new science came from . " Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 53)
|
ice bag |
| noun
- A waterproof bag with a wide-mouthed stopper designed to hold ice, for service as an ice pack.
|
ice pack |
| noun
- a large floating mass of ice; pack ice
- a pack of crushed ice applied to the body in order to reduce pain or inflammation
- a plastic sac of silicone that can be cooled in a freezer and then used in a cool bag
|
ICU |
| initialism
- intensive care unit, Intensive care unit.
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imaging |
| verb
- (present participle of, image)
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immobilize |
| verb (immobiliz, ing)
- To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
- It is best to the injury until a doctor can examine it.
|
implant |
| noun
- Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis.
verb
- (transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
- (transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
- (intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.
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implantation |
| noun
- The act or process of implanting.
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incompatible |
| adjective
- Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
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incubator |
| noun
- (chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction
- (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby
- An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs
- A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature
- Wikimedia Incubator.
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indication |
| noun
- Act of pointing out or indicate, indicating.
- That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
- The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Addison.
- Discovery made; information.
- (obsolete) Explanation; display. Bacon.
- (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
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inertia |
| noun
- (physics) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform straight motion; equivalent to its mass.
- (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
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infraction |
| noun
- A minor offence, petty crime
- a violation; breach
- (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.
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inhalant |
| noun
- something, especially a medication, that is inhaled
adjective
- intended for inhaling
|
inject |
| verb
- (transitive) to push something in, especially fluids into a cavity or passage
- Smiling, the nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
- (transitive) to introduce something sudddenly or violently
- Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency to the British music scene.
- (transitive) to administer an injection to, especially of medicine or drugs
- Now lie back while we you with the anaesthetic.
- (intransitive) to take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs
- It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
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intern |
| noun
- a student who works (often without pay) in order to gain experience in their chosen field
- a recently graduated medical student working in a hospital as a final part of their medical training
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intrauterine device |
| noun (abbreviated as IUD)
- A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.
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intubate |
| verb
- To insert a tube into
|
inunction |
| noun
- the anointing or rubbing-in of oil or balm
|
invasive |
| noun
- An invasive plant, animal etc.
adjective
- that invades a foreign country using military force
- (context, of a plant or animal) that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species
- (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
- intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing
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iron |
| noun
- (context, uncountable) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe.
- (context, countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (context, usually plural, irons) Shackles.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (context, uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
- (context, Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive, ) A male homosexual.
verb
- (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
adjective (more iron, most iron)
- {not comparable} Made of the metal iron.
- (context, figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.
- She had an iron will.
- He held on with an iron grip.
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iron lung |
| noun
- A mechanical device for assisted breathing.
|
irrigate |
| verb to irrigate
- To supply farmland with water, by building ditches and pipes etc
- To clean a wound with a fluid
|
irrigation |
| noun
- The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
|
irritable |
| adjective
- capable of being irritated
- easily exasperated or excited
- responsive to stimuli
|
isolate |
| noun
- Something that has been isolated.
verb (isolates, isolating, isolated, isolated)
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (context, transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (context, transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
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IUD |
| initialism
- intrauterine device, intrauterine device
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IV |
| noun
- (medicine) An intravenous injection.
abbreviation
- Used to indicate an ordinal number; the fourth (common as a name suffix.)
initialism
- (medicine) intravenous, Intravenous.
- (statistics) instrumental variable, Instrumental variable.
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