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Iter vs Inter - What's the difference?

iter | inter |

As a noun iter

is a passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.

As a verb inter is

to bury in a grave.

iter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
  • * 1916 , Mayo Clinic, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation (page 869)
    • This fluid passes through the main iters which connect the various ventricles and filters through the thin membranes of the brain and cord, equalizing the pressure at all points.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    inter

    English

    Verb

  • To bury in a grave.

    • Usage notes

    * The spellings (intering) (for (interring)) and (intered) (for (interred)) exist as well, but are much less common.

    Synonyms

    * bury, inearth, entomb, inhume

    Antonyms

    * dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

    Derived terms

    * reinter

    Anagrams

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