| intermediary | 1. Performed or occurring in a median stage, neither early nor late, intermediate. 2. An intermediate stage. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| intermediary metabolism | Enzyme-catalysed processeswithin cells that extract energy from nutrientmolecules and use that energy to construct cellular components. (09 Oct 1997) |
| intermediary movements | In dentistry, all movement's between the extremes of mandibular excursions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediary nerve | A root of the facial nerve containing sensory fibres for taste from the anterior 2/3 of tongue whose cell bodies are located in the geniculate ganglion and presynaptic parasympathetic autonomic fibres whose cell bodies are located in the superior salivatory nucleus, i.e., the fibres eventually conveyed via the chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve to the lingual nerve. Synonym: intermediary nerve, intermediate nerve, portio intermedia, Wrisberg's nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediary plane | <microscopy> When in an optical system several successive real image planes of an object are formed, reticles or diaphragms can be inserted at an intermediate plane for superposition on the final image. (05 Aug 1998) |
| intermediary system | One of the lamellae of partially resorbed osteons occurring between newer, complete osteons. Synonym: ground lamella, intermediary system, intermediate lamella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| A-E amputation | Acronym for above-the-elbow amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| A-K amputation | Acronym for above-the-knee amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alanson's amputation | A circular amputation, the stump shaped like a cone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amniotic amputation | Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation | Removal of an appending part (appendage) (27 Sep 1997) |
| amputation by transfixion | Amputation performed by transfixing the soft parts with a long knife and cutting the flap or flaps from within outward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation knife | A broad-bladed knife used primarily for transecting large muscles during major amputations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation neuroma | traumatic neuroma |
| amputation stumps | The distal end of a limb left after amputation. (12 Dec 1998) |