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In"ter*node` (?), n. [L. internodium; inter between + nodus knot.]

1. (Bot.) The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise. H. Spenser.

2. (Anat.) A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.

In`ter*no"di*al (?), a. Internodal. [R.]

In`ter*nun"cial (?), a. [See Internuncio.]

1. Of or pertaining to an internuncio.

2. (Physiol.) Communicating or transmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said of the nervous system. Carpenter.

In`ter*nun"ciess (?), n. A female messenger. [R.]

In`ter*nun"ci*o (?), n.; pl. Internuncios (#). [L. internuntius; inter between + nuntius, nuncius, messenger: cf. It. internunzio. See Nuncio.]

1. A messenger between two parties. Johnson.

2. A representative, or chargé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.

This title was formerly given also to the Austrian envoy at Constantinople.

In`ter*nun"ci*o*ship, n. The office or function of an internuncio. Richardson.

||In`ter*nun"ci*us (?), n. [L.] Internuncio. || In`ter*o`ce*an"ic (?), a. Between oceans; connecting oceans; as, interoceanic communication; an interoceanic canal.

In`ter*oc"u*lar (?), a. Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennæ of some insects.

In`ter*o*per"cu*lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to the interoperculum. -- n. The interopercular bone.

||In`ter*o*per"cu*lum (?), n.; pl. -la (-l). (Anat.) The ||postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes. || In`ter*or"bit*al (?), a. (Anat.) Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum.

In`ter*os"cu*lant (?), a. 1. Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles.

2. (Biol.) Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.

In`ter*os"cu*late (?), v. i. & t. 1. To kiss together to touch. See Osculate.

2. (Biol.) To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.

{ In`ter*os"se*al (?), In`ter*os"se*ous (?), } a. [Pref. inter- + osseous: cf. F. interosseux.] (Anat.) Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.

In`ter*pale" (?), v. t. 1. To place pales between or among; to separate by pales.

2. To interweave or interlace. [R.] Brende.

In`ter*pa*ri"e*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture. -- n. The interparietal bone or cartilage.

In`ter*pause` (?), n. An intermission. [R.]

In`ter*peal" (?), v. t. To interpel. [Obs.]

In`ter*pe*den"cu*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.