| ISE | inhibited sexual excitement; International Society of Endocrinology; International Society of Endosc... |
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| ISI | infarct size index; initial slope index; injury severity index; Institute for Scientific Information... |
| ISMED | International Society on Metabolic Eye Disorders ISMH International Society of Medical Hydrology |
| ISN | integrated service network; International Society of Nephrology; International Society of Neurochemi... |
| mIU | milli-international unit; one-thousandth of an international unit |
| international unit | The amount of a substance, such as a drug, hormone, vitamin, enzyme, etc., that produces a specific effect as defined by an international body and accepted internationally; e.g., for an enzyme it is umole of product formed (or substrate consumed) per minute. Synonym: unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Leiter International Performance Scale | A nonverbal (performance) test for measuring intelligence which contains norms for each age between 2 and 18; originally developed as a method of assessing the comparative intellectual abilities of Caucasian, Chinese, and Japanese children, but now occasionally used for assessing slow learners and those who are blind, deaf, or verbally handicapped. (05 Mar 2000) |