| ideomotor | <physiology> Relating to ideomotion. Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. Origin: Ideo- + motor. Synonym: ideokinetic. (21 Jun 2000) |
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| ideophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of new or different ideas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ideoplastia | Rarely used term for the receptive condition in a hypnotised person in which he or she is thought to be completely open to suggestion. Origin: ideo-+ G. Plasso, to form (05 Mar 2000) |
| idio- | Private, distinctive, peculiar to. Compare: ideo-. Origin: G. Idios, one's own (05 Mar 2000) |
| idioagglutinin | An agglutinin that occurs naturally in the blood of a person or an animal, without the injection of a stimulating antigen or the passive transfer of antibody. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idioblast | Plant cells containing oil, gum, calcium, or other products, and appearing to help provide mechanical support. (09 Oct 1997) |
| idiocyclophanous | <chemistry> Same as Idiophanous. Origin: Idio- + Gr. Circle + to appear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| idiodynamic | Independently active. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idiodynamic control | Nervous impulses from the medulla that preserve the normal trophic condition of the muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idioelectric | <physics> Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; opposed to anelectric. An idioelectric substance. Origin: Idio- + electric: cf. F. Idioelectrique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| idiogamist | Rarely used term for one who is capable of sexual union with only one or a few individuals of the opposite sex, being impotent in the presence of any others. Origin: idio-+ G. Gamos, marriage (05 Mar 2000) |
| idiogenesis | Origin without evident cause; denoting especially that of an idiopathic disease. Origin: idio-+ G. Genesis, production (05 Mar 2000) |
| idioglossia | <psychology> An extreme form of lalling or vowel or consonant substitution, by which the speech of a child may be made unintelligible and appear to be another language to one who does not have the key to the literal changes. Origin: idio-+ G. Glossa, tongue, speech (05 Mar 2000) |
| idioglottic | Relating to idioglossia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idiogram | <genetics> Diagrammatic representation of chromosome morphology characteristic of a species or population. Synonym: karyotype. Origin: idio-+ G. Gramma, something written (05 Mar 2000) |