| inactose | <chemistry> A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| inadequate | 1. Not adequate of sufficient, inept or unsuitable. 2. Psychiatry, ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical deficiency. (18 Nov 1997) |
| inadequate personality | A personality disorder, characterised by personal and social ineptness plus emotional and physical instability, which renders the individual unable to cope with the normal vicissitudes of life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inadequate stimulus | A stimulus too weak to evoke a response. Synonym: subliminal stimulus, subthreshold stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inadherent | 1. Not adhering. 2. <botany> Free; not connected with the other organs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |