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Inhalation Anesthesia
Inhalation anesthesia: general anesthesia via inhaled agents (sevoflurane, isoflurane, desflurane, nitrous oxide). Began with Morton's 1846 ether demonstration; potency measured by MAC; agents eliminated by exhalation; desflurane has the largest environmental impact.
Inhalation Spacers
Inhalation spacers, also called holding chambers or valved holding chambers (VHCs), are add-on tubes for metered-dose inhalers that hold the aerosol so patients can inhale slowly, improving lung delivery and reducing throat side effects; first valved spacer patented 1976 (Nebuhaler).
Inhalation technique
Inhalation technique is the set of actions a patient performs to inhale medication from an inhaler or nebulizer, determining how much drug reaches the lungs in asthma and COPD.
Inhalation toxicology
Inhalation toxicology studies adverse effects of inhaled gases, vapors, aerosols, and particles. Covers OECD TGs 403/412/413/433/436, exposure chambers, dosimetry (MPPD), RfC risk assessment, and in vitro ALI alternatives.
Inhalational administration
Inhalational administration is a route of drug delivery in which medication is breathed into the lungs as an aerosol or dry powder via inhalers or nebulizers.
Inhalational anesthesia
Inhalational anesthesia is general anesthesia given through the lungs with volatile agents or nitrous oxide, the maintenance technique in about three quarters of UK general anesthetics.
Inhalational anthrax
Inhalational anthrax, also called pulmonary anthrax, is the deadliest form of Bacillus anthracis infection, acquired by inhaling spores that germinate in mediastinal lymph nodes; almost always fatal untreated, about 55% survive with aggressive treatment, best with combination antibiotics.
Inhaler
Inhaler, also called pMDI, metered-dose inhaler, dry powder inhaler (DPI), or soft mist inhaler (SMI): handheld device delivering asthma and COPD drugs to the lungs; first pMDI 1956, devices clinically equivalent when technique is correct, pMDI propellants carry high carbon footprint.
Inhaler (band)
Inhaler are a Dublin indie rock band formed in 2012 at St Andrew's College by Elijah Hewson (Bono's son), Robert Keating, Ryan McMahon, and Josh Jenkinson; albums It Won't Always Be Like This (2021, UK/Ireland #1), Cuts & Bruises (2023), Open Wide (2025).
INHBA
INHBA (inhibin subunit beta A; activin beta-A chain, EDF) is a human gene at 7p14.1 encoding the βA subunit of the TGF-β family hormones activin A and inhibin A, which respectively stimulate and inhibit pituitary FSH secretion.
Inheiden
Inheiden (Kastell Inheiden) is a Roman auxiliary fort site at Hungen, Landkreis Gießen, Hesse, on the Wetterau Upper German Limes between Arnsburg and Echzell: a 1.2 ha stone fort with an unknown garrison unit, timber predecessors, a vicus, and UNESCO World Heritage listing.
Inherent chirality
Inherent chirality is a form of molecular chirality where the curved molecular scaffold itself is the stereogenic element, first named by Volker Böhmer and co-workers in 1994.
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal (IRCM), established by Executive Order 13723 on March 30, 2016, is a U.S. campaign medal for service in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous waters or airspace on or after June 15, 2014, awarded in lieu of the GWOT Expeditionary Medal, with four campaign phases from Abeyance to Normalize.
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon's 2009 hardboiled detective novel (Penguin Press, 369 pp.), set in 1970 Gordita Beach, Los Angeles, follows Doc Sportello through conspiracies involving the Golden Fang; adapted by Paul Thomas Anderson in 2014.
Inherent Vice (film)
Inherent Vice (2014) is Paul Thomas Anderson's film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, starring Joaquin Phoenix as stoned detective Doc Sportello in 1970 Los Angeles; the first Pynchon screen adaptation, 148 minutes, Warner Bros., $8.1M US gross.
Inherently funny word
Inherently funny word: a word found amusing out of context. Key evidence: Engelthaler & Hills humor norms (booty rated funniest, 4.32/5), rarity and entropy predicting funniness, and bouba/kiki sound symbolism.
Inherit the Wind (1960 film)
Inherit the Wind (1960) is Stanley Kramer's black-and-white courtroom drama adapted from the 1955 Lawrence and Lee play about the Scopes trial, starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly, an allegory of McCarthyism rather than history.
Inheritance
Inheritance is property passing to heirs at death, chiefly through intestacy when there is no valid will. Covers intestate succession, Islamic, common law, and civil law systems, forced heirship, women's inheritance rights, and EU succession rules.
Inheritance (2020 film)
Inheritance (2020 film), Vaughn Stein thriller starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg; a district attorney inherits a bunker holding a chained man. Tribeca premiere, Vertical Entertainment VOD release May 22, 2020; distinct from the 2025 spy film of the same name.
Inheritance (2025 film)
Inheritance (2025) is a Neil Burger espionage thriller starring Phoebe Dynevor and Rhys Ifans, shot guerrilla-style entirely on an iPhone 13, released by IFC Films on January 24, 2025, grossing $425,035 worldwide.
Inheritance (object-oriented programming)
Inheritance, also known as class inheritance or type inheritance, is an object-oriented programming mechanism whereby a subclass acquires the members of a superclass, reusing and extending its code.
Inheritance (Paolini novel)
Inheritance (2011) by Christopher Paolini is the fourth and final Inheritance Cycle novel, published by Knopf on November 8, 2011; it sold 489,500 copies on day one and concludes Eragon's battle against Galbatorix.
Inheritance law in Switzerland
Swiss inheritance law, part of the Civil Code, was revised with effect 1 January 2023: descendants' compulsory portion cut to 1/2, parents' abolished, giving testators a freely disposable half of the estate.
Inheritance of peroxisomes protein 1
Inp1p (Inheritance of peroxisomes protein 1, INP1/YMR204C, UniProt Q03694) is a 420-amino-acid peripheral membrane protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae peroxisomes that tethers them to the plasma membrane via PI(4,5)P2 and Pex3, retaining peroxisomes in mother cells during division.
Inheritance Patterns
Inheritance patterns describe how genetic conditions pass from parents to children: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked, Y-linked, codominant, and mitochondrial (maternal) modes, plus complex polygenic inheritance, penetrance, imprinting, and non-Mendelian epigenetic inheritance.
Inheritance tax
Inheritance tax (death duty, estate tax) is a tax on wealth transferred at death, levied on heirs (inheritance tax) or the whole estate (estate tax). Levied in 24 of 36 OECD countries but raising only 0.5% of tax revenues.
Inherited acute myeloid leukemia
Inherited acute myeloid leukemia (familial AML, germline predisposition) is a rare clonal myeloid malignancy driven by inherited variants in CEBPA, DDX41, RUNX1, GATA2, ETV6, ANKRD26, and TP53, affecting 4–10% of young AML/MDS patients.
Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (familial or genetic CJD) is a rare autosomal dominant prion disease caused by PRNP mutations, accounting for 10-15% of CJD, with E200K the most common mutation.
Inherited disorders of cobalamin processing
Inherited disorders of cobalamin processing (cblA-cblJ complementation groups) are autosomal recessive, except X-linked cblX, inborn errors impairing vitamin B12 conversion to AdoCbl and MeCbl, causing methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria; cblC is most common.
Inherited retinal dystrophies
Inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs), genetic retinal degenerations including retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease, and Leber congenital amaurosis, affect about 1 in 3,000 people; over 350 genes are known, and Luxturna was the first approved gene therapy.