| individual therapy | A psychotherapeutic session involving only two persons, the therapist and the patient. Compare: group psychotherapy. Synonym: individual therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| individual tolerance | Tolerance to a drug that the person has never received before. (05 Mar 2000) |
| individualism | 1. The quality of being individual; individuality; personality. 2. An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness. "The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism." (Ed. Rev) Origin: Cf. F. Individualisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| individuality | Those psychological characteristics which differentiate individuals from one another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| individuation | A process of differentiation having for its goal the development of the individual personality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| individuation field | The field within which an organiser can bring about the rearrangement of primordial tissues in such a manner that a complete embryo is formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indivisible | 1. Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time." 2. <mathematics> Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable. Origin: L. Indivisibilis: cf. F. Indivisible. See In- not, and Divisible. 1. That which is indivisible. "By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies." (Digby) 2. <geometry> An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. Method of indivisibles, a kind of calculus, formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indivision | A state of being not divided; oneness. Origin: Pref. In- not + division: cf. F. Indivision, LL. Indivisio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indoaniline | <chemistry> Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes. Origin: Indigo + aniline. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indobriton | A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste. Origin: Indo- + Briton. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indocyanine green | <chemical> A tricarbocyanine dye occurring as an olive-brown, dark green, dark blue, or black powder; used intravenously as a diagnostic aid in the determination of blood volume, cardiac output, and hepatic function. Pharmacological action: dyes. Chemical name: 1H-Benz(e)indolium, 2-(7-(1,3-dihydro-1,1-dimethyl-3-(4-sulfobutyl)-2H-benz(e)indol-2-ylidene)-1,3,5-heptatrienyl)-1,1-dimethyl-3-(4-sulfobutyl)-, inner salt, sodium salt (12 Dec 1998) |
| indocybin | 3-(2-dimethylamino)ethylindol-4-ol dihydrogen phosphate;the N',N' -dimethyl derivative of 4-hydroxytryptamine; obtained from the fruiting bodies of the fungus Psilocybe mexicana and other species of Psilocybe and Stropharia. Psilocybin is a congener of 5-hydroxytryptamine, with striking central nervous system effects, and is readily hydrolyzed to 4-hydroxybufotenine; used as a hallucinogenic agent (and by Mexican aborigines to induce trances). Synonym: indocybin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indogen | <chemistry> A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo. Origin: Indigo + -gen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indogenide | <chemistry> Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| indoin | <chemistry> A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |