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intubation
  • n  the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
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intuition
  • n  instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
  • n  an impression that something might be the case
    he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
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intuitionism
  • n  (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition
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intumescence
  • n  swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
  • n  the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
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intumescency
  • n  swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
  • n  the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
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intussusception
  • n  the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
  • n  (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
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inuit
  • n  a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
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inula helenium
  • n  tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally
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inulin
  • n  used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function
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inunction
  • n  anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
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