| 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) |
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| 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) |
| inattention | Lack of attention; negligence. Selective inattention, an aspect of attentiveness in which a person attempts to ignore or avoid perceiving that which generates anxiety. Sensory inattention, the inability to feel a tactile stimulus when a similar stimulus, presented simultaneously in a homologous area of the body, is perceived. Visual inattention, the inability to perceive a photic stimulus in a visual field when a similar but perceived stimulus is presented simultaneously in the homologous field. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inboard | 1. Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard. 2. <mechanics> From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inborn | Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions. Synonym: Innate, inherent, natural. (27 Oct 1998) |
| inborn error of metabolism | A genetic biochemical disorder of a specific enzyme that forms a metabolic block, e.g., phenylketonuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inborn errors of metabolism | Term coined by A. Garrod in 1908 applying to heritable disorders of biochemistry. Examples include albinism, cystinuria (a cause of kidney stones) and phenylketonuria (pku) are a few of the hundreds of inborn errors of metabolism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| inborn lysosomal disease | Inherited disorder of one or more degradative enzymes normally located in lysosomes leading to accumulation (storage) of abnormal quantities of a substance, such as a glycosaminoglycan as in Hurler's syndrome or a lipopolysaccharide as in Gaucher's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inborn reflex | A reflex such as breathing that is innate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inbreathe | To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Origin: Inbreathed; Inbreathing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inbred | Denoting populations (groups, genetic lines, etc.) descended over several generations almost exclusively from a small set of ancestors, and hence having a high rate of consanguinity, often occult. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inbred strain | Any strain of animal or plant obtained by a breeding strategy that tends to lead to homozygosity. Such breeding strategies include brother sister mating and back crossing of offspring with parents. See: congenic. (18 Nov 1997) |