INTERIM. The meantime; the intervening time or
period.
INTERMITTENT. Occurring at intervals. INTERSTICES. Spaces; intervals; pores. INTUSSUSCEPTED. One part slipped into another, said
of the intestines. ITERATION. Repetition; the act of repeating.
JEJUNUM. The second portion of the small intestine
of which it forms two-fifths. JUGULAR. Pertaining to the neck. The jugular veins
are three in number; their office is to return
the blood from the head.
K
KATABOLISM. A retrograde change in the tissues of
the body. KIDNEYS. The organs secreting urine.
LARYNX. The upper part of the windpipe; the organ
of voice.
LASCIVIOUS. Lewd, lustful. LASSITUDE. Weakness, exhaustion. LESION. Structural tissue change from injury or
disease.
LEUCORRHEA. A whitish discharge from the vagina. LIGAMENT. A band of fibrous tissue binding parts
together.
