| ICC | immunocompetent cells; immunocytochemistry; Indian childhood cirrhosis; intensive coronary care; int... |
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| IHS | idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome; inactivated horse serum; Indian Health Service; integrated he... |
| IMS | incurred in military service; Indian Medical Service; industrial methylated spirit; information mana... |
| LOGIC | laryngeal and ocular granulations in children of Indian subcontinent [syndrome] |
| HII | Health Industries Institute; Health Insurance Institute; hemagglutination inhibitor immunoassay |
| AI | American Indian |
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| ICC | Indian Childhood Cirrhosis |
| ICMR | Indian Council of Medical Research |
| IHS | Indian HealtH Service |
| IHH | Indian Hedgehog |
| American Law Institute formulation | Used in certain jurisdictions to determine criminal responsibility in legal proceedings. See: criminal insanity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| American Law Institute rule | A test of criminal responsibility (1962): "a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law." (05 Mar 2000) |
| national institute for occupational safety and health | An institute of the centres for disease control and prevention which is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. Research activities are carried out pertinent to these goals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national institute of mental health | A component of the national institutes of health concerned with research, overall planning, promoting, and administering mental health programs and research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| institute | 1. The act of instituting; institution. "Water sanctified by Christ's institute." 2. That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom. 3. Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognised as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; especially, a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, "They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy." (Burke) "To make the Stoics' institutes thy own." (Dryden) 4. An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute. 5. The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. Institutes of medicine, theoretical medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Origin: L. Institutum: cf. F. Institut. See Institute, &. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| institute of medicine | Identifies, for study and analysis, important issues and problems that relate to health and medicine. The institute initiates and conducts studies of national policy and planning for health care and health-related education and research; it also responds to requests from the federal government and other agencies for studies and advice. (12 Dec 1998) |
| west indian | Belonging or relating to the West Indies. <botany> West India tea, a shrubby plant (Capraria biflora) having oblanceolate toothed leaves which are sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| West Indian smallpox | A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus. Synonym: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milkpox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, whitepox. Origin: Pg. Alastrar, to scatter over (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Indian operation | A surgical technique for removal of cataract within the capsule. Synonym: Smith's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indian | 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. <botany> Indian bay, an American plant of the genus Arisaema. A. Triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin. Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn. Indian yellow. An intense rich yellow colour, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. See Euxanthin. Origin: From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. Sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. Hindoo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Indian flap | Flap from a contiguous area, such as cheek or forehead, used to rebuild the nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Indian ginger | An aromatic stimulant and diaphoretic. Synonym: Canada snakeroot, Indian ginger, wild ginger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Indian gum | An exudation from Anogeisus latifolia (family Combrettaceae); the mucilage is used as a substitute for acacia mucilage. Synonym: ghatti gum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Indian method | Rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the forehead. Synonym: Carpue's method, Indian method, Indian operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indian ocean | A body of water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the earth, extending amidst africa in the west, Australia in the east, asia in the north, and antarctica in the south. Including the red sea and the persian gulf, it constitutes the third largest ocean after the atlantic ocean and the pacific ocean. (new encyclopaedia britannica micropaedia, 15th ed, 1990, p289) (12 Dec 1998) |
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