infant mortality rate
— Noun
– English
~ the death rate during the first year of life
Indian rattlebox
— Noun
– English
~ erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
infrared ray
— Noun
– English
~ a ray of infrared radiation; produces a thermal effect (as from an infrared lamp)
insulin reaction
— Noun
– English
~ hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma
immune reaction
— Noun
– English
~ a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen