Definition of Intromittent

1. a. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.

Definition of Intromittent

1. Adjective. conveying, sending or passing into a body ¹

2. Adjective. Used for intromission ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intromittent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Intromittent

1. 1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within. 2. Used in copulation; said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females. Origin: L. Intromittens, p. Pr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intromittent

introitus vaginæ
introject
introjected
introjecting
introjection
introjections
introjects
introld
intromission
intromissions
intromit
intromits
intromitted
intromittent (current term)
intromitter
intromitters
intromitting
intron
intron splicing
intronic
intronization
intronless
introns
intropression
intropressions
intropunitive
introreception

Literary usage of Intromittent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1914)
"DESCRIPTION OF PLATE I. The length of the intromittent organs was measured ... Each intromittent organ was photographed at a magnification of 20 diameters ..."

2. Manual of the dissection of the human body by Luther Holden (1851)
"Thus the erectile tissue of the intromittent organ is brought directly within the influence of the sympathetic system. STRUCTURE 0F THE BLADDER, PROSTATE, ..."

3. The Veterinary Record, and Transactions of the Veterinary Medical Association by Veterinary Medical Association (1845)
"This figure shews the position of the intestine when the intromittent style is protruded. a, a. The intestine, h. The efferent duct of the vesicula ..."

4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1898)
"Skin and ventral wall of intromittent sac removed, x 2. 1. ... Prolongation of lip of urethral aperture into cavity of intromittent sac. 4. ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"The intromittent organ may be very complex as in most Insects and in Spiders ... On this account the intromittent organ cannot be regarded in all cases as ..."

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