General Medical Terms

Intracolonic means located, occurring, or administered within the colon.

Intracutaneous describes an injection or process occurring within the layers of the skin itself, rather than beneath it or into muscle.

Intradermal describes an injection or finding located within the skin's layers rather than beneath it or on its surface.

A benign (not cancer), wart-like growth in a milk duct of the breast.

An intraductal papilloma is a benign, wart like growth within a breast milk duct that can cause nipple discharge.

Within the layer of cells that form the surface or lining of an organ.

A bile duct that passes through and drains bile from the liver.

Within an area of cancer, for example, within a tumor in the skin.

Intramuscular describes an injection given directly into muscle tissue, allowing medication to be absorbed into the bloodstream over a moderate period.

Within the pelvis, the lower part of the abdomen between the hip bones.

Within the peritoneal cavity (the area that contains the abdominal organs).

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

Intraspinal structures, fluid, or medications are located within the spinal canal, the protected space that houses the spinal cord and its coverings.

Describes the fluid-filled space between the thin layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Intratumoral means located, occurring, or administered within a tumor.

Having to do with the inside of the vagina (the birth canal).

Speed is the point and equally the catch, since nothing given by this route can be recalled once it has entered the bloodstream.

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.

A substance that has been tested in a laboratory and has gotten approval from the U.S.

A substance that has been tested in a laboratory and has gotten approval from the U.S.