WORD |
DESCRIPTION |
ICF |
Acronym
for Independent Cat Federation. |
Icteric |
Affected
by jaundice which causes yellowing of the skin and the whites
of the eyes, often caused by liver failure. |
Idiopathic |
Of,
relating to, or designating a disease having no known cause. |
Immune
Response |
The
body's reaction to infection. |
Immunization |
To
produce immunity in, as by inoculation. |
Innate |
Possessed
at birth; inborn |
Inbreeding |
The
mating of two closely related cats of the same breed. |
Incontinence |
The
inability to control excretory functions. |
Infertile |
Not
fertile; unproductive or barren. |
Inflammation |
A
localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury,
or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and
sometimes loss of function. |
Inherent |
Existing
as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic. |
Inherited |
To
receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission. |
Injection |
Something
that is injected, especially a dose of liquid medicine injected
into the body. |
Instinct |
An
inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species
and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli:
the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social
animals. |
Intact |
Unneutered,
unspayed, unaltered. |
|
One
celled protozoan, larvae and worms that survive by living
off the host animal's meals or blood. |
