| iconographic | 1. Of or pertaining to iconography. 2. Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopaedia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| iconography | 1. The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients. 2. The study of representative art in general. Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc. Origin: Gr. A sketch or description; an image + of describe: cf. F. Iconographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| iconology | <study> The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography. Origin: Gr.; an image + discourse: cf. F. Iconologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| iconomachy | Hostility to images as objects of worship. Origin: Gr. A war against images; an image + fight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| iconomania | <psychiatry> Rarely used term for a morbid impulse to worship images. Origin: G. Eikon, image, + mania, insanity (05 Mar 2000) |
| iconophilist | A student, or lover of the study, of iconography. Origin: Gr. An image + to love. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| iconotype | <zoology> A drawing or photograph of a type specimen. (09 Jan 1998) |
| icosahedral | <geometry> Having twenty equal sides or faces. See: Icosahedron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| icosahedron | A geometrical shape occurring in many virus particles, with 20 triangular faces and 12 corners. (09 Oct 1997) |
| icosandria | <botany> A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Twenty +, man, male: cf. F. Icosandrie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| icosandrous | <botany> Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| icositetrahedron | <chemistry> A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron. Origin: Gr. Twenty +, combining form of four + seat, base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ICP | Intra cranial pressure, harmful when increased. (16 Dec 1997) |
| ICRP | <abbreviation> International Commission on Radiological Protection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ictal | Relating to or caused by a stroke or seizure. Origin: L. Ictus, a stroke (05 Mar 2000) |