Category: I

(In dentistry) a type of filling for teeth. A substance or piece of tissue inserted to replace a defect in a tissue. For example, a bone graft may be inlaid into an area of missing or damaged bone. In dentistry an inlay is a ‘filling of cast metal, usually gold, sealed into a tooth with…

Any system used for deciding how severe an injury is.  

Referring to a liquid or substance introduced into the body. Referring to surface blood vessels which are swollen. Administered to the body through an injection; overloaded.  

To put a liquid into someone’s body under pressure, by using a hollow needle inserted into the tissues. To introduce fluid into the body or its parts artificially.  

A part of the occipital bone that can be felt as a slight lump at the back of the skull just above the neck. Bump that protrudes at the back of the head. The projection of the occipital bone that can be felt at the base of the skull. The center of the external occipital…

To prevent an action happening, or stop a functional process.  

The process by which genetically controlled characteristics pass from parents to offspring. All of the qualities and characteristics which are passed down from parents. Acquisition of characteristics and conditions by transmission (of genetic material) from parents to offspring; the total genetic makeup of an individual. The transfer of characteristics, traits and disorders from parents to…

To receive genetically controlled characteristics from a parent.  

Referring to a thing which is part of the essential character of a person or a permanent characteristic of an organism. Belonging to anything naturally, not as a result of circumstance.