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Glossary

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IMBRICATE. Operative overlapping of layers of tissue; a tightening procedure

IMPLANT. To insert or graft

INTERNAL ROTATION. Inversion

INVERSION. A turning inward, inside out, upside down, or other reversal of the normal relation of a part

INVOLUCRUM. A covering or sheath, such as contains the sequestrum of a necrosed bone; localized overgrowth or hypertrophy of bone in response to infection

ISCHEMIA. Local and temporary deficiency of blood, due chiefly to the contraction of a blood vessel

ISOGRAFT. Bone transferred between animals who are identical in histocompatibility antigens (litter mates)