Medical
- Intracranial pressure, is the pressure exerted by the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, and the brain's blood supply on closed intracranial space
- Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, a liver disease that causes itching and can cause stillbirth
- Inferior cerebellar peduncle, a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers which run bidirectionally from the medulla to the cerebellum
- International Council of Psychologists, an international organization of psychologists founded in 1941
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