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Inbreeding Depression
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D000071422 |
[A reduced GENETIC VARIATION and GENETIC FITNESS due to INBREEDING.
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Incandescence
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D049450 |
[Emission of LIGHT by a substance as its temperature is raised. It is sometimes called hot light in contrast to LUMINESCENCE.
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Incest
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D007179 |
[Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry.
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Incidence
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D015994 |
[The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time.
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Incidental Findings
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D033162 |
[Unanticipated information discovered in the course of testing or medical care. Used in discussions of information that may have social or psychological consequences, such as when it is learned that a child's biological father is someone other than the putative father, or that a person tested for one disease or disorder has, or is at risk for, something else.
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Incineration
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D017745 |
[High temperature destruction of waste by burning with subsequent reduction to ashes or conversion to an inert mass.
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Incisional Hernia
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D000069290 |
[Protrusion of tissue at or near the site of an incision from a previous surgery.
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Incisor
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D007180 |
[Any of the eight frontal teeth (four maxillary and four mandibular) having a sharp incisal edge for cutting food and a single root, which occurs in man both as a deciduous and a permanent tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p820)
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Incivility
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D000075282 |
[Low-intensity deviant behavior with ambiguous intent to harm the target, in violation of norms for mutual respect.
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Inclusion Bodies
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D002479 |
[A generic term for any circumscribed mass of foreign (e.g., lead or viruses) or metabolically inactive materials (e.g., ceroid or MALLORY BODIES), within the cytoplasm or nucleus of a cell. Inclusion bodies are in cells infected with certain filtrable viruses, observed especially in nerve, epithelial, or endothelial cells. (Stedman, 25th ed)
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Inclusion Bodies, Viral
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D007181 |
[An area showing altered staining behavior in the nucleus or cytoplasm of a virus-infected cell. Some inclusion bodies represent "virus factories" in which viral nucleic acid or protein is being synthesized; others are merely artifacts of fixation and staining. One example, Negri bodies, are found in the cytoplasm or processes of nerve cells in animals that have died from rabies.
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Income
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D007182 |
[Revenues or receipts accruing from business enterprise, labor, or invested capital.
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Income Tax
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D007183 |
[Tax on the net income of an individual, organization, or business.
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Incontinence Pads
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D016496 |
[Absorbent pads used for URINARY INCONTINENCE and usually worn as underpants or pants liners by the ELDERLY.
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Incontinentia Pigmenti
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D007184 |
[A genodermatosis occurring mostly in females and characterized by skin changes in three phases - vesiculobullous, verrucous papillomatous, and macular melanodermic. Hyperpigmentation is bizarre and irregular. Sixty percent of patients have abnormalities of eyes, teeth, central nervous system, and skin appendages.
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Incretins
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D054795 |
[Peptides which stimulate INSULIN release from the PANCREATIC BETA CELLS following oral nutrient ingestion, or postprandially.
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Incubators
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D007185 |
[Insulated enclosures in which temperature, humidity, and other environmental conditions can be regulated at levels optimal for growth, hatching, reproduction, or metabolic reactions.
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Incubators, Infant
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D007186 |
[Electrically powered devices that are intended to assist in the maintenance of the thermal balance of infants, principally by controlling the air temperature and humidity in an enclosure. (from UMDNS, 1999)
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Incunabula
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D057213 |
[Books printed before 1501.
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Incunabula as Topic
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D007187 |
[Works about books printed before the year before 1501.
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