| FIUO | for internal use only |
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| GIM | general internal medicine; gonadotropin-inhibiting material |
| IA | ibotenic acid; immune adherence; immunoadsorbent; immunobiologic activity; impedance angle; indolami... |
| IAC | image analysis cytometry; ineffective airway clearance; internal auditory canal; interposed abdomina... |
| IAD | inactivating dose; instructional advance directive; internal absorbed dose |
oblique view (사위 방향 촬영법
omphalomesentric (제장간막의
| internal fistula | A fistula between hollow viscera. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| internal fixation | The use of internal metal plates, screws or rods to stabilise bone fragments. A procedure used to correct serious orthopaedic bone fractures that cannot be stabilised by casting or splinting. See: external fixation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| internal fixators | Internal devices used in osteosynthesis to hold the position of the fracture in proper alignment. By applying the principles of biomedical engineering, the surgeon uses metal plates, nails, rods, etc., for the correction of skeletal defects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| internal haemorrhage | Bleeding into organs or cavities of the body. Synonym: concealed haemorrhage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal haemorrhoids | Dilated veins beneath the mucous membrane within the sphincter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal hernia | Protrusion of an intraperitoneal viscus into a compartment within the abdominal cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal hydrocephalus | Hydrocephalus in which the accumulation of fluid is confined to the ventricles; also occurs as an autosomal recessive condition in the Hereford and Holstein breeds of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal iliac artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, common iliac; branches, iliolumbar, lateral sacral, obturator, superior gluteal, inferior gluteal, umbilical, superior vesical, inferior vesical, middle rectal, and internal pudendal. Synonym: arteria iliaca interna, arteria hypogastrica, hypogastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal iliac lymph nodes | Nodes that lie along the internal iliac artery and its branches; they receive lymph from the pelvic viscera, the gluteal region, and the deep parts of the perineum, and send efferent vessels to the common iliac nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici iliaci interni. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal inguinal ring | The opening in the transversalis fascia through which the ductus deferens (or round ligament in the female) and gonadal vessels enter the inguinal canal. Located midway between anterior superior iliac spine and pubic tubercle, it is bounded medially by the lateral umbilical ligament (inferior epigastric vessels) and inferiorly by the inguinal ligament. Indirect inguinal hernias exit the abdominal cavity via the deep inguinal ring Synonym: annulus inguinalis profundus, abdominal ring, annulus abdominalis, internal inguinal ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal intercostal membrane | The membrane that replaces the internal intercostal muscle posteriorly, medial to the angles of the ribs. Synonym: membrana intercostalis interna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal intercostal muscle | <anatomy> Each arises from lower border of rib and passes obliquely downward and backward to be inserted into upper border of rib below; action, contract during expiration, also maintain tension in the intercostal spaces to resist mediolateral movement; nerve supply, intercostal. Synonym: musculus intercostalis internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal lacrimal fistula | A fistulous communication between the lacrimal sac and the ethmoidal sinus. Synonym: internal lacrimal fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal limiting membrane | Formed by the expanded inner ends of Muller's fibres, outer limiting membrane, not a membrane but a row of junctional complexes. Synonym: membrana limitans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal lip of iliac crest | The roughened inner margin of the crest that gives attachment to parts of the transversus abdominis, quadratus lumborum, and erector spinae muscles. Synonym: labium internum cristae iliacae. (05 Mar 2000) |