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Situated below the axil, as a bud.

Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.

Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.

Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.

Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

to an infundibulum. Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zoöl.),a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk.

See Inlard.

Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn

Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.

to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.

The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation. The insularity of Britain was first shown by Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. Pinkerton.

In an insular manner.

Insular. [Obs.] Howell.

Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.

Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.

Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.

Situated within or between the axils of leaves.

Intercalary.

Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.