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Illnesses

Illness - a state of being ill by disease, ailment etc

Immune system

The body's system for fighting infection

Immunised

Made resistant to a particular infection, toxin etc

Immunoglobulin

Any of a group of structurally related blood proteins which function as antibodies

Implants

Substance or devices inserted into the body

Incontinence

The inability control movement of the bowels or bladder or both

Infections

Communication of a virus through air, water or blood

Infertility

Inability of a woman to conceive or in a man to induce conception

Infibulation

An extensive form of female circumcision which involves the excision of the clitoris, labia minora, and labia majora

Inhibition

An emotional resistance to a thought or action

Insomnia

An inability to sleep

Intercourse

The physical act of two bodies joined together by the genital organs

Interventions

Preventative methods

Ischaemic

Relating to a reduction of the blood supply to part of the body