Category: I

An acid formed as a result of oxidation of amino acids in the body.  

Abortion accompanied by infection of retained fetal tissue.  

An abortion that cannot be halted. An abortion where the cervix has already opened, making it impossible to preserve the pregnancy.  

Impending abortion characterized by bleeding and colicky pains. The cervix is usually effaced and patulous.  

Limitation of independent movement between two nearby surface.  

Ivory, or dentine, is the hard material which forms the chief bulk of the teeth.  

A test for colour vision, introduced by a Japanese doctor, comprising several plates with round dots of different colours and sizes. It is also the name of a type of blood test for syphilis.  

A stroke that occurs when the flow of blood to a part of the brain is interrupted by a partial or complete thrombosis of the supplying artery or arteries, or by a clot of blood that has detached itself from elsewhere in the circulatory system for instance, a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and blocked a…

A metal which is an essential constituent of the red blood corpuscles, where it is present in the form of haemoglobin. It is also present in muscle as myoglobin, and in certain respiratory pigments which are essential to the life of many tissues in the body. Iron is absorbed principally in the upper part of…

The operation by which a hole is made in the itis of the eye as, for example, in the treatment of glaucoma or as part of cataract surgery.