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  2. Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Wikipedia

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    Official logo of ITIS. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. [1] ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagency group within the US federal government, involving several US federal ...

  3. Postprandial somnolence - Wikipedia

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    Postprandial somnolence (colloquially known as food coma, after-dinner dip, or "the itis") is a normal state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal. Postprandial somnolence has two components: a general state of low energy related to activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in response to mass in the gastrointestinal tract, and a ...

  4. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    As a general rule, this vowel almost always acts as a joint-stem to connect two consonantal roots (e.g. arthr-+ -o-+ -logy = arthrology), but generally, the -o-is dropped when connecting to a vowel-stem (e.g. arthr-+ -itis = arthritis, instead of arthr-o-itis). Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek ...

  5. List of inflammatory disorders - Wikipedia

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    Nervous system. CNS. Encephalitis; Myelitis; Meningitis. Arachnoiditis; PNS. Neuritis; eye. Dacryoadenitis; Scleritis; Episcleritis; Keratitis; Retinitis; Chorioretinitis

  6. Iris (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Description. Rhizomes of ornamental irises. Illustration of an iris flower with highlighted parts of the flower. Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and ...

  7. Itis shopping centre - Wikipedia

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    Itis (formerly Itäkeskus) is located in Itäkeskus in East Helsinki. It is located next to the Itäväylä motorway and the Itäkeskus metro station. The mall has been refurbished a number of times, most recently in 2014, increasing the gross leasable area – including offices – to a total of 103,675 m 2 (1,115,950 sq ft).

  8. Information technology - Wikipedia

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    Information science. Information technology ( IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing, and storage. [1] IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). [2] An information technology system ( IT system) is generally an information ...

  9. Volkswagen Iltis - Wikipedia

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    The Volkswagen Type 183, more commonly known as the Iltis ( German for polecat ), [3] is a military vehicle built by Volkswagen for use by the German military. The Iltis was formerly built under licence in Canada by Bombardier Inc. [4] Although the two vehicles were briefly offered simultaneously, the Type 183 effectively replaced the Type 181 .