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intermediate /in·ter·me·di·ate/ (-me´de-at)

1. between; intervening; resembling, in part, each of two extremes.

2. a substance formed in a chemical process that is essential to formation of the end product of the process.

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in·ter·me·di·ate (ntr-md-t)

adj.

Lying or occurring in a middle position or state.

n.

A substance formed in the course of a chemical reaction or the synthesis of a desired end product that then participates in the process until it is either deactivated or consumed.

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intermediate

1. between; intervening; resembling, in part, each of two extremes.

2. a substance formed in a chemical process that is essential to formation of the end-product of the process.

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intermediate cell mass

see nephrotome.

intermediate filaments

intracellular protein fibers which are part of the cytoskeleton in eukaryotic cells.

intermediate host

especially in parasitology, a host in which the parasite undergoes a stage, usually the larval or nonsexual stage, in its development. The host may be an insect vector which also acts as the transmitting medium, or another insect or animal species which is a passive enhancer, the infection being spread by other means.

intermediate junction

see zonula adherens.

intermediate mesoderm

mesoderm located just lateral to the somites, uniting the paraxial and lateral plate mesoderm.

intermediate sheep footrot

less underrunning of horn and less likelihood of resulting in chronic lesions than in virulent footrot.