Inch
A length equivalent to one-twelfth of a foot, one-thirty-sixth of a yard, or 2.54 cm. Abbreviated in.
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- Incidence
The frequency with which something, such as a disease or trait, appears in a particular population or area.
- Incision
A cut through skin or other tissue performed by a health care professional.
- Incisional biopsy
A biopsy in which only a sample of the suspicious tissue is cut from a mass (incised) and removed for purposes of diagnosis. A incisional biopsy is in contrast to an excisional biopsy in which an entire lesion, usually a tumor, is removed.
- Incompatibility, Rh
the first twin was hydropic (swollen with edema fluid) and stillborn; the second twin was deeply jaundiced and subsequently died of kernicterus.
- Incompetent cervix
A cervix that has an abnormal tendency to dilate and so may not be able to keep a fetus from being spontaneously aborted (miscarried).