| interaxillary | <botany> Situated within or between the axils of leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| interbody | Between the bodies of two adjacent vertebrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interbrachial | <zoology> Between the arms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interbrain | <anatomy> See Thalamencephalon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interbranchial | <zoology> Between the branchiae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interbreed | To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intercadence | The occurrence of an extra beat between the two regular pulse beats. Origin: inter-+ L. Cado, pr. P. Cadens (-ent-), to fall (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercadent | Irregular in rhythm; characterised by intercadence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercalary | 1. Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile. 2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. "Intercalary spines." "This intercalary line . . . Is made the last of a triplet. <medicine>" (Beattie) Intercalary day, one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Origin: L. Intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. Intercalaire. See Intercalate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intercalary neuron | A neuron interposed between and connecting two other neuron's. Synonym: intercalary neuron. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercalary staphyloma | A scleral staphyloma occurring between the insertion of the ciliary body and the root of the iris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercalate | 1. To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar. 2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. <geology> To introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. "Beds of fresh water shells . . . Are intercalated and interstratified with the shale." (Mantell) Origin: L. Intercalatus, p. P. Of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intercalated | Interposed; inserted between two others. Origin: L. Intercalatus (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercalated disc | An electron dense junctional complex, at the end to end contacts of cardiac muscle cells, that contains gap junctions and desmosomes. most of the disc is formed of a convoluted fascia adherens type of junction into which the actin filaments of the terminal sarcomeres insert (they are therefore equivalent to half Z bands), desmosomes are also present. The lateral portion of the stepped disc contains gap junctions that couple the cells electrically and thus coordinate the contraction. (18 Nov 1997) |
| intercalated disk | A specialised intercellular attachment of cardiac muscle comprising gap junctions, fascia adherens, and occasionally desmosomes. (05 Mar 2000) |