| inamorata | A woman in love; a mistress. "The fair inamorata." Origin: It. Innamorata, fem, innamorato, masc, p. P. Of innamorare to inspire with love. See Enamor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| inamorato | Origin: See Inamorata. A male lover. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inanimate | Not alive. Origin: L. In-neg. + anima, breath, soul (05 Mar 2000) |
| inanimation | Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. "The inanimation of Christ living and breathing within us." (Bp. Hall) See: 1st Inanimate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inanition | Severe weakness and wasting as occurs from lack of food, defect in assimilation, or neoplastic disease. Origin: L. Inanis, empty (05 Mar 2000) |
| inanition fever | An elevation of temperature in infants after reduction of fluid intake, diarrhoea, or vomiting; probably caused by reduced available body water, with reduced heat loss by evaporation; an analogous condition in adults is seen when exertion is continued in the face of dehydration. Synonym: dehydration fever, exsiccation fever, inanition fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inantherate | <botany> Not bearing anthers; said of sterile stamens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inapparent | Not apparent; beneath the threshold of clinical recognition, as an inapparent infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inapparent infection | Presence of infection in a host without the occurrence of recognizable symptoms or signs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inappetence | Lack of desire or of craving. Origin: L. In-neg. + ap-peto, pp. -petitus, to strive after, long for (ADP-) (05 Mar 2000) |
| inappropriate ADH syndrome | <syndrome> Hyponatraemia and renal salt loss attributed to overexpansion of body fluids resulting from sustained release of antidiuretic hormone despite the absence of appropriate stimuli. (12 Dec 1998) |
| inappropriate affect | An emotional tone or outward emotional reaction out of harmony with the idea, object, or thought accompanying it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inappropriate hormone | A hormone formed by tissue outside the normal endocrine site of production; e.g., adrenocorticotropic hormone produced by a bronchogenic carcinoma. Synonym: inappropriate hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inarticulate | 1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words. "Music which is inarticulate poesy." (Dryden) 2. <zoology> Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm. Without a hinge; said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods. 3. Incapable of articulating. "The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy." (Walpole) Origin: L. Inarticulatus; pref. In- not + articulatus articulate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inassimilable | Not assimilable; not capable of undergoing assimilation. See: assimilation. (05 Mar 2000) |