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 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.