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intrinsic factor a substance secreted by the stomach that promotes the body's ability to absorb vitamin B12.
intro- inward; into; in.
introduce to present (a person) to one or more people. [6 definitions]
introduction the act or process of introducing. [6 definitions]
introductory serving to introduce.
introit the beginning of the Roman Catholic mass, consisting of a psalm or hymn, and antiphon. [2 definitions]
intromit to allow, cause, or assist to enter; introduce; admit.
introrse in botany, facing inward; turned toward the center. (Cf. extrorse.)
introspect to examine or consider one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations.
introspection examination of one's own thoughts, emotions, and sensations; self-scrutiny.
introspective looking inward and examining one's own thoughts or feelings, or tending to do so.
introversion the tendency to pay more attention to oneself than to others or the external world. (Cf. extraversion.)
introvert someone who tends to pay more attention to his or her own thoughts and feelings than to other people or subjects. (Cf. extrovert.) [4 definitions]
intrude to enter or thrust oneself in when not invited or welcomed. [2 definitions]
intrusion the act of intruding, or the state of being intruded upon. [2 definitions]
intrusive bothersome and unwelcome; intruding or apt to intrude.
intrust variant of entrust.
in truth in fact; actually.
intubate of a doctor or other medical personnel, to insert a tube through a patient's mouth and into the upper respiratory tract in order to connect the patient to a machine, a ventilator, that assists in breathing.
intubation the process, carried out by a doctor or other medical personnel, of inserting a tube through a patient's mouth and into the upper respiratory tract in order to connect the patient to a machine, a ventilator, that assists in breathing. [2 definitions]
intuit to know or apprehend directly, without a process of logical thought.