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Definition

inclusion

(in-kloozhŏn )

[L. inclusio, an enclosure ]

  1. A condition of being enclosed or included.
  2. Something enclosed or included.
  3. In medical sociology, access to the goods, opportunities, and services available to other members of a community.

cell i.Inclusion body.

dental i.An obsolete term for impacted tooth.

fetal i.Malformed twins in which one, the parasitic twin is completely enclosed within the other (the host or autosite).

SEE: teratoma.

Walthard i.

SEE: under Walthard, Max.