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inter-between, among Latin inter: interarticular ligament: intra-within Latin intrā: intramural: ipsi-same Latin ipsi-ipsilateral: irid(o)-of or pertaining to the iris: Latin īrīs, rainbow; from Greek ἶρις (îris), rainbow iridectomy: isch-restriction Greek ἴσχω (ískhō), hold back, restrain ischemia: ischio-
Intracorporeal or intracorporal is an adjective that means within (intra-) the body (corpus). [1] Its antonym is extracorporeal. It is used frequently in medicine to describe medical procedures that occur within the body, or within a corpus, as opposed to extracorporeal procedures (e.g. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation).
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
intra-occular pressure: IP: interphalangeal joint: iPSCs: induced pluripotent stem cells: IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: IPG: Implantable Pulse Generator: IPH: intraparenchymal hemorrhage or intraperitoneal hemorrhage or idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: IPPB
It is important to note the difference between geriatrics, the care of aged people, and gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself. The term geriatrics comes from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer". However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology.
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
This phenomenon occurs both between tumours (inter-tumour heterogeneity) and within tumours (intra-tumour heterogeneity). A minimal level of intra-tumour heterogeneity is a simple consequence of the imperfection of DNA replication : whenever a cell (normal or cancerous) divides, a few mutations are acquired [ 2 ] —leading to a diverse ...
Definition page from Amy Pope's 'A medical dictionary for nurses' (1914) A medical dictionary is a lexicon for words used in medicine. The four major medical dictionaries in the United States are Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, Stedman's, Taber's, and Dorland's. Other significant medical dictionaries are ...