| interlobular septum | The connective tissue between pulmonary lobules, usually containing a vein and lymphatics; seen radiographically when thickened as a Kerley B line. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| interlobular veins of kidney | They parallel the interlobular arteries and drain the peritubular capillary plexus, emptying into the arcuate veins. Synonym: venae interlobulares renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interlobular veins of liver | The terminal branches of the portal vein that course in the portal canals between the conceptual liver lobules and empty into the liver sinusoids. Synonym: venae interlobulares hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interlocal additivity | The relationship among quantitative effects of different genetic loci such that their joint effect is equal to the sum of their individual effects; an absence of epistasis or interaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interlocking gyri | Several small gyri in the walls of the central sulcus of the hemisphere; the opposed gyri interlock with one another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interlocutrice | A female interlocutor. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interlucation | Act of thinning a wood to let in light. Origin: L. Interlucatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interlude | 1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting. "Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes When monarch reason sleeps." (Dryden) 2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama. 3. A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line. Origin: OE. Enterlude, LL. Interludium; LL. Inter between + ludus play, fr. Ludere to play: cf. F. Interlude. See Ludicrous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intermalleolar | Between the malleoli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermammary | Between the breasts. Origin: inter-+ L. Mamma, breast (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermammillary | Between the breasts; between the nipples; denoting a line drawn between the two nipples. Origin: inter-+ L. Mammilla, breast, nipple (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermandibular | <anatomy> Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intermarriage | 1. Marriage of relatives. 2. Marriage of persons of different races or cultures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermaxilla | <anatomy> See Premaxilla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intermaxillary | <anatomy> Between the maxillary bones. Of or pertaining to the intermaxillae. An intermaxilla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |