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intraocular

/ IN-truh-AH-kyoo-ler /

Intraocular means located, occurring, or placed within the eyeball.

intraoperative radiation therapy

Radiation treatment aimed directly at a tumor during surgery.

intraoperative ultrasound

A procedure that uses ultrasound (high-energy sound waves that are bounced off internal tissues and organs) during surgery.

intrapleural

Intrapleural means located within the pleural cavity, the thin fluid-filled space that surrounds each lung.

intravenous pyelogram

The x-ray picture of the urinary tract outlined by dye that the kidneys have filtered out of the blood.

intravenous pyelography

The examination itself, in which timed x-rays follow dye through the kidneys and down into the bladder.

intravesical

Intravesical treatments are instilled directly into the bladder through a catheter, giving higher local drug exposure while limiting effects on the rest of the body.

invasive procedure

A medical procedure that invades (enters) the body, usually by cutting or puncturing the skin or by inserting instruments into the body.

inverted papilloma

A type of tumor in which surface epithelial cells grow downward into the underlying supportive tissue.

investigator

An investigator is the researcher responsible for designing, conducting, or overseeing a clinical trial or research study.

IORT

Radiation treatment aimed directly at a tumor during surgery.

IOUS

A procedure that uses ultrasound (high-energy sound waves that are bounced off internal tissues and organs) during surgery.

iris

The iris is the pigmented ring around the pupil that adjusts pupil size to regulate how much light enters the eye.

isolated lung perfusion

A surgical procedure during which the circulation of blood to the lungs is separated from the circulation of blood through the rest of the body, and a drug is delivered directly into the lung…

isthmus

An isthmus is a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger anatomical structures, a term applied across several different organs.

IVP

A timed series of x-rays that follows injected dye down the urinary tract to show where drainage has stalled.

jaundice

A condition in which the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, urine darkens, and the color of stool becomes lighter than normal.

kidney

One of a pair of organs in the abdomen.

kidney cancer

Kidney cancer includes renal cell carcinoma in adults and Wilms tumor in young children, arising from different structures within the kidney.

kidney function test

A test in which blood or urine samples are checked for the amounts of certain substances released by the kidneys.