| imparidigitate | <anatomy> Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc. Origin: L. Impar unequal + digitus finger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| imparipinnate | Having an uneven number of pinnae, by virtue of having one terminal pinna. Compare: paripinnate. (09 Oct 1997) |
| imparlance | 1. Mutual discourse; conference. 2. Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, answer to the allegations of the opposite party. Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit. Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been abolished in England. Origin: Cf. Emparlance, Parlance Alternative forms: inparliance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| impartibility | The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Origin: Cf. F. Impartibilite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ganglion impar | The most inferior, unpaired ganglion of the sympathetic trunk; inconstant. Synonym: coccygeal ganglion, Walther's ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| plexus thyroideus impar | A venous plexus in front of the lower portion of the trachea formed by anastomoses between the inferior laryngeal veins and veins emerging from the caudal border of the thyroid; it terminates in the unpaired inferior thyroid vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nervus impar | A long, slender connective tissue (pia mater) strand extending from the extremity of the medullary cone to the internal aspect of the spinal dural sac (filum terminale internum); stout strands of connective tissue attaching the spinal dural sac to the coccyx (filum terminale externum), commonly called the coccygeal ligament. Synonym: filum terminale, nervus impar, terminal thread. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculum impar | A small median protuberance on the floor of the oral cavity of the embryo between the mandibular and hyoid arches, which plays a minor role in the development of the tongue. Synonym: median tongue bud. (05 Mar 2000) |