| interdentium | The interval between any two contiguous teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| interdepartmental relations | The interactions between representatives of institutional departments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| interdict | 1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations. "Charged not to touch the interdicted tree." (Milton) 2. To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual. "An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same." (Ayliffe) Origin: OE. Entrediten to forbid communion, L. Interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict. 1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition. "These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure." (Milton) 2. A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church. 3. An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America. Origin: OE. Entredit, enterdit, OF. Entredit, F. Interdit, fr. L. Interdictum, fr. Interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interdigit | That part of the hand or foot lying between any two adjacent fingers or toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdigital | <anatomy> Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interdigital folds | One of the folds of skin, or rudimentary web, between the fingers and toes. Synonym: interdigital folds, plica interdigitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdigitating cell | Cells found particularly in thymus dependent regions of lymph nodes, they have dendritic morphology and accessory cell function. (18 Nov 1997) |
| interdigitation | <anatomy> The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interdisciplinary | Denoting the overlapping interests of different fields of medicine and science. Origin: inter-+ L. Disciplina, knowledge (05 Mar 2000) |
| interectopic interval | The distance between consecutive ectopic complexes in the electrocardiogram. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interepimeral | <zoology> Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interest | 1. Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern. Interest expresses mental excitement of various kinds and degrees. It may be intellectual, or sympathetic and emotional, or merely personal; as, an interest in philosophical research; an interest in human suffering; the interest which an avaricious man takes in money getting. "So much interest have I in thy sorrow." (Shak) 2. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks. 3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. "Divisions hinder the common interest and public good." (Sir W. Temple) "When interest calls of all her sneaking train." (Pope) 4. Premium paid for the use of money, usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars. "They have told their money, and let out Their coin upon large interest." (Shak) 5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. "You shall have your desires with interest." (Shak) 6. The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. Compound interest, interest, not only on the original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell due. Simple interest, interest on the principal sum without interest on overdue interest. Origin: OF. Interest, F. Interet, fr. L. Interest it interests, is of interest, fr. Interesse to be between, to be difference, to be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. LL. Interesse usury. See Essence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interestedness | The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interface | 1. A surface that forms a common boundary of two bodies. 2. The boundary between regions of different radiopacity, acoustic, or magnetic resonance properties; the projection of the interface between tissues of different such properties on an image. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interfacial | <geometry> Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |