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Cesium iodide
A phosphor used in radiographical image intensifiers that emits light when struck by radiation.
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Lodamoeba butschlii
The species that may be found in humans. Their cysts may be mistaken for those of pathogenic amebae but have only one nucleus.
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Lodamoeba
A genus of amebae that colonizes the colons of humans and animals such as monkeys and pigs. They are not considered pathogenic.
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Iocetamic acid
A radiopaque agent formerly used in cholecystography.
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Inviscation
The mixing of saliva with food during chewing.
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Inveterate
Chronic; firmly seated, as a disease or a habit.
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Investigational
Undergoing active study in a clinical trial or another form of systematic research. The term is used to describe drugs, devices, vaccines, or other treatments that are currently being studied, but not yet approved for general clinical use.
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Invertor
A muscle that rotates a part inward.
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Uterine inversion
A condition that may occur during the third stage of labor in which a relaxed uterus is turned inside out, causing the internal surface to protrude into the vagina. Uterine inversion most commonly is caused by traction on an umbilical cord attached to a yet-adherent placenta or to application of forceful fundal pressure to empty…
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T-wave inversion
In electrocardiography, the changing of the normal upright (convex) appearance of the ventricular repolarization to a concave tracing in which the concavity is depressed below the isoelectric line. T-wave inversion is often associated with ventricular hypertrophy, ventricular ectopic beats, and coronary ischemia, among other conditions.
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