| interdental canals | Canal's that extend vertically through alveolar bone between roots of mandibular and maxillary incisor and maxillary bicuspid teeth. Synonym: Hirschfeld's canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| interdental caries | Caries between the teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdental septum | The bony portion separating two adjacent teeth in a dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdental splint | A splint for a fractured jaw, consisting of two metal or acrylic resin bands wired to the teeth of the upper and lower jaws, respectively, and then fastened together to keep the jaws immovable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdentium | The interval between any two contiguous teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |