| intercristal | Between two crests, as between the crests of the ilia, applied to one of the pelvic measurements. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intercross | The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants. "We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants." (Darwin) 1. To cross each other, as lines. 2. <biology> To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety. Origin: Intercrossed; Intercrossing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intercrural | <anatomy> Between crura; applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intercrural fibres | Horizontal arched fibres that pass from the inguinal ligament across the medial and lateral crura of the superficial inguinal ring. Synonym: fibrae intercrurales, intercolumnar fasciae, intercolumnar fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercrural ganglion | A median, unpaired, ovoid cell group at the base of the midbrain tegmentum between the cerebral peduncles; it receives the retroflex fasciculus from the habenula, and projects to the raphe region (raphe nuclei) and periaqueductal gray substance of the midbrain. Synonym: nucleus interpeduncularis, ganglion isthmi, Gudden's ganglion, intercrural ganglion, interpeduncular ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercuneiform joints | The articulations between contiguous surfaces of the cuneiform bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercuneiform ligaments | Fibrous bands that unite the cuneiform bones; they are arranged in three sets: dorsal intercuneiform ligament (ligamentum intercuneiformia dorsalia), interosseous intercuneiform ligament (ligamentum intercuneiformia interossea), and plantar intercuneiform ligament (ligamentum intercuneiformia plantaria). Synonym: ligamenta intercuneiformia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercurrent | 1. Running between or among; intervening. 2. <medicine> Not belonging to any particular season. Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease. Origin: L. Intercurrens, p. Pr. Of intercurrere: cf. F. Intercurrent. See Intercur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intercurrent disease | A new disease occurring during the course of another disease, not related to the primary disease process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercuspal position | The position of the mandible when the cusps and sulci of the maxillary and mandibular teeth are in their greatest contact and the mandible is in its most closed position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercuspation | 1. The cusp-to-fossa relation of the maxillary and mandibular posterior teeth to each other. 2. The interlocking or fitting together of the cusps of opposing teeth. Synonym: interdigitation. Synonym: intercusping. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercusping | Synonym: intercuspation. Origin: L. Inter, among, mutually, + cusp (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercutaneomucous | Between skin and mucous membrane, as in the cheek or lip or at the mucocutaneous border of the lips or anus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdeferential | Between the deferent ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdental | 1. Between the teeth. 2. Denoting the relationship between the proximal surfaces of the teeth of the same arch. Origin: inter-+ L. Dens, tooth (05 Mar 2000) |