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- ileocecal (il-ē-ō-SĒ-kăl):
- Pertaining to the ileum and cecum.
- ileostomy (IL-ē-OS-tŏ-mē):
- Creation of an artificial opening in the ileum.
- iliofemoral (il-ē-ō-FEM-ŏ-răl):
- Pertaining to the ilium and femur.
- immune (i-MŪN):
- Resistant to specific pathogens.
- immune system (i-MŪN SIS-tĕm):
- Series of barriers, cells, and soluble mediators that combine to response to infections of the body with pathogenic organisms.
- immunity (im-Ū-nĭt-ē):
- After an infection, memory cells remain in the body for a long time and can very quickly mount an immune response against the same pathogen if it tries to re-infect. This protects us from getting diseases from the same pathogen over again.
- immunodeficiency (im-yŭ-nō-dĕ-FISH-ĕn-sē):
- Deficient immune response caused by immune system dysfunction brought on by disease or immune suppressive drugs.
- immunological memory (im-yŭ-NOL-ŏ-jē- kăl MEM-ŏ-rē):
- Ability of the adaptive immune response to mount a stronger and faster immune response upon re-exposure to a pathogen.
- Immunologist (ĭm-ū-NŎL-ō-jĭst):
- Specialist who studies and treats immune system disorders.
- immunology (im-yŭ-NOL-ŏ-jē):
- Study of disorders of the immune system.
- implantable cardioverter defibrillator (im-plan″TĀ-shŏn KĂR-dē-ō-vĕr-tĕr dē-FIB-rĭ-lāt-ŏr):
- An electronic implant that provides an automatic shock to convert a dangerous heart rhythm to a normal heart rhythm.
- incise, incision (in-SĪZ, in-SIZH-ŏn):
- Surgical cut into or wound produced by a sharp instrument.
- incision and drainage (in-SIZH-ŏn & DRĀN-ăj):
- Surgical cut made to allow the free flow of fluids from a lesion, wound, or cavity.
- incontinence (in-KONT-ĭn-ĕns):
- Inability to control the bladder and/or bowels.
- induction (in-DŬK-shŏn):
- The process of bringing on or starting labour. This may be done with a membrane sweep or through the use of IV oxytocin.
- induration (ĬN-dū-rā-shun):
- A firm, raised reddened patch of skin.
- infection (in-FEK-shŏn):
- Invasion by disease-causing organisms.
- inferior (or caudal) (in-FĒR-ē-ŏr):
- Describes a position below or lower than another part of the body proper; near or toward the tail (in humans, the coccyx, or lowest part of the spinal column).
- inferior vena cava (in-FĒR-ē-ŏr VĒ-nă KĀ-vă):
- One of the two largest veins in the body. It carries deoxygenated blood from the torso and legs back to the heart.
- infertility (in-fĕr-TIL-ĭt-ē):
- Inability to achieve pregnancy.
- inflammation (in-flă-MĀ-shŏn):
- Basic innate immune response characterized by heat, redness, pain, and swelling.
- influenza (flu) (in-floo-EN-ză):
- Highly contagious viral infection effecting the respiratory tract.
- inguinal canal (ING-gwĭ-năl kă-NAL):
- Opening in abdominal wall that connects the testes to the abdominal cavity.
- initial segment (ĭn-ĬSH-ăl SEG-mĕnt):
- First part of the axon as it emerges from the axon hillock, where the electrical signals known as action potentials are generated.
- innate immune response (ĭn-NĀT