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t separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance. "Indistinct as water is in water." Shak.

ng of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance. A. Tucker. United as one individual soul. Milton.

ually or collectively." Burke. How should that subsist solitarily by itself which hath no substance, but individually the very same whereby others subsist with it Hooker.

A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds.

A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of som…

A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white.

A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.

Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity. Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction. -- Inductive philosophy or method. See Philosophical induction, under Inductio…

A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.

Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.

To exist within; to dwell within. [Obs.] Substances inexisting within the divine mind. A. Tucker.

st exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.

To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. The water infiltrates through the porous rock. Addison.

The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.

textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. -- Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.

Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance. Ingrowing nail, one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh.

An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes.

To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.