intact, a.
(ɪnˈtækt)
[ad. L. intact-us, f. in- (in-3) + tactus, pa. pple. of tangĕre to touch. Cf. F. intact (17–18th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
Untouched; not affected by anything that injures, diminishes, or sullies; kept or left entire; unblemished; unimpaired.
| c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4966 Thi maydenhode intacte inmaculat eurelastinge. 1721 in Bailey. 1815 J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) I. iii. 67 No mischief..had been done, except to one old china jar..The gallery was perfectly intact. a 1862 Buckle Civiliz. (1869) III. ii. 86 The principles on which Church authority is based remained intact. 1877 K. Johnston Africa v. (1878) 62 Tunis..has retained the character of an oriental city almost intact. |
Hence inˈtactness, the quality or condition of being intact.
| 1890 E. H. Hankin in Nature 11 Dec. 121/2 The intactness of the leucocytes in these special cases. |
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▸ intact dilation and evacuation n. Surg. = dilation and extraction n. at dilation n.2 Additions (the latter is now the preferred term).
| 1995 Abortion Rep. (Nexis) 13 June An NRLC release notes that the bill's definition of a ‘partial-birth’ abortion includes D & X abortions, ‘*intact dilation and evacuation,’ ‘intrauterine cranial decompression,’ ‘brain-suction abortion’ and other such procedures. 2004 Congress. Q. Today (Nexis) 26 Aug. The law makes it a crime to perform an abortion procedure known as dilation and extraction or intact dilation and evacuation. |