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Impaction
- noun - a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
- a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon
- a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
- the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed
Impletion
- - The act of filling, or the state of being full.
Inanition
- noun - exhaustion resulting from lack of food
- weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
Incaution
- noun - the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger
Inception
- noun - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Indention
- noun - the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Indiction
- noun - a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
Induction
- noun - a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
- the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"
Infection
- noun - (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
- (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Inflation
- noun - (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- the act of filling something with air