| invest | 1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe. 2. To put on. "Can not find one this girdle to invest." (Spenser) 3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. "I do invest you jointly with my power." (Shak) 4. To surround, accompany, or attend. "Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt." (Hawthorne) 5. To confer; to give. "It investeth a right of government." (Bacon) 6. To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. Origin: L. Investire, investitum; pref. In- in + vestire to clothe, fr. Vestis clothing: cf. F. Investir. See Vest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| investigation | The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, especially. Patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist. Origin: L. Investigatio: cf. F. Investigation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| investigational new drug | Status given an experimental drug after the FDA approves an application for testing it in people. (09 Oct 1997) |
| investigational new drug application | An application that must be submitted to a regulatory agency (the FDA in the united states) before a drug can be studied in humans. This application includes results of previous experiments; how, where, and by whom the new studies will be conducted; the chemical structure of the compound; how it is thought to work in the body; any toxic effects found in animal studies; and how the compound is manufactured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| investigative techniques | Investigative techniques used in pre-clinical and clinical research, epidemiology, chemistry, immunology, genetics, etc. They do not include techniques specifically applied to diagnosis; therapeutics; anaesthesia and analgesia, surgery, operative, and dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| investigatory reflex | An aspect of attending in which an organism's initial response to a change or to a novel stimulus is such that the organism becomes more sensitive to the stimulation; e.g., dilation of the pupil of the eye in response to dim light. Synonym: investigatory reflex, orienting response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investing | 1. In dentistry, covering or enveloping wholly or in part an object such as a denture, tooth, wax form, crown, etc., with a refractory investment material before curing, soldering, or casting. 2. In psychoanalysis, allocating to or charging an object with psychic energy or cathexis. Vacuum investing, the investing of a pattern within a vacuum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investing cartilage | The cartilage covering the articular surfaces of the bones participating in a synovial joint. Synonym: cartilago articularis, arthrodial cartilage, diarthrodial cartilage, investing cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investing fascia | The part of the cervical fascia investing the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles and completely encircling the neck. Synonym: lamina superficialis fasciae cervicalis, investing fascia, superficial layer of deep cervical fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investing layer of deep cervical fascia | The part of the cervical fascia investing the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles and completely encircling the neck. Synonym: lamina superficialis fasciae cervicalis, investing fascia, superficial layer of deep cervical fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investing tissues | The tissue's covering or enclosing a structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investment | 1. In dentistry, any material used in investing. 2. In psychoanalysis, the psychic charge or cathexis invested in an object. Refractory investment, an investment material which can withstand the high temperatures used in soldering or casting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investment cast | A cast made of material that will withstand the high temperatures of metal casting or soldering without disintegrating. Synonym: investment cast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| investment tax credit | A specified percentage of the dollar amount of certain new investments that a company can deduct as a credit against its income tax bill. (05 Dec 1998) |
| investments | Use for articles on the investing of funds for income or profit. (12 Dec 1998) |