intersex
- n one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
interspersal
- n the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
interspersion
- n the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
the interspersion of illustrations in the text
interstate commerce commission
- n a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995
interstate highway
- n one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States
interstellar medium
- n interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
interstice
- n a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ
the interstices of a network - n small opening between things
interstitial cell-stimulating hormone
- n a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals
interstitial fluid
- n liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body
interstitial plasma cell pneumonia
- n pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)