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intrinsic factor
  • n  a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12
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intrinsic fraud
  • n  fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud
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intro
  • n  formally making a person known to another or to the public
  • n  a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music
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introduction
  • n  the act of beginning something new
  • n  the first section of a communication
  • n  formally making a person known to another or to the public
  • n  a basic or elementary instructional text
  • n  a new proposal
    they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives
  • n  the act of putting one thing into another
  • n  the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
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introit
  • n  a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services
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introitus
  • n  entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening)
    the introitus of the vagina
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introject
  • n  (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized
  • v  incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously
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introjection
  • n  (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego
  • n  (psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects
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intron
  • n  sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
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intropin
  • n  a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension
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introspection
  • n  the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
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