Intravenous immunoglobulin
A sterile solution of concentrated antibodies extracted from healthy people that is administered directly into a vein. Abbreviated IVIG. IVIG is used to treat disorders of the immune system or to boost the immune response to serious illness. Also known as intravenous gamma globulin (IGG).
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An X-ray of the kidneys and urinary tract. Abbreviated IVP. Structures are made visible on an IVP by the injection of a contrast material.
- Intravenous tension
The pressure of the blood within a vein. Also known as venous pressure.
- Intraventricular
In the ventricle of the heart or the brain.
- Intravitreous
In the vitreous, the fluid behind the lens in the eye. As in an intravitreous injection.
- Intrinsic
1. An essential or inherent part of a something such as a structure. 2. Coming from within, from the inside. Proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell. From the Latin intrinsecus meaning situated on the inside. The opposite of intrinsic is extrinsic.