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  • Idiopathic - (id-i-o-path-ic)

    Arising from an unknown cause

  • Immobility - (im-mobi-lity)

    The quality of not being able to move; becoming fixed

  • Immune system - (im-mune system)

    The body system, made up of many organs and cells, which defends the body against infection, disease and foreign substances

  • Immunity - (im-mu-ni-ty)

    The body system, made up of many organs and cells, which defends the body against infection, disease and foreign substances

  • Immunosuppressant - (im-mu-no-sup-pres-sant)

    A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response

  • Infection - (in-fec-shun)

    Invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms; these microorganisms multiply within the body and lead to tissue damage, thus resulting in disease

  • Infectious - (in-fec-tious)

    Caused by infection, transmissible from one person to another

  • Inflammation - (in-flam-ma-tion)

    A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterised by pain, swelling, redness and heat

  • Inflammatory - (in-flam-ma-to-ry)

    Characterised or caused by inflammation

  • Infrared coagulation - (in-fra-red co-agu-la-shun)

    A technique in which abnormal tissue is exposed to a burst of infrared light (a type of radiation), causing the blood in veins in the tissue to coagulate (harden) and the abnormal tissue to shrink