Category: I
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Infraocclusion
Location of a tooth below the line of occlusion.
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Infradentale
A craniometric landmark; it is the bony point between the mandibular central incisors.
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Infraction
An incomplete fracture of a bone in which parts do not become displaced.
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Information science
The study of models and theories common to the fields of electronic, interpersonal, group, organizational, public, and mass communication.
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Infolding
Process of enclosing within a fold; an operation formerly employed in the treatment of stomach ulcer in which the walls on either side of the lesion are sutured together.
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Inflator
An apparatus for forcing air or other gas into an organ. This may be done for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
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Inflation
The distention of a part by air, gas, or liquid.
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Interstitial inflammation
Inflammation involving principally the noncellular or supporting elements of an organ.
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Inapparent infection
An infection that is asymptomatic, or one that is not detected.
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Infected infarct
Infarcted tissue that has been invaded by pathogenic organisms.