The Igors are a recurring set of characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels.

While Igors are born in the normal fashion, the clan's strong tradition of surgery usually means that by the time they would have grown to maturity in the natural way many of their body-parts have already been swapped around repeatedly, mostly within the clan.

As well, Igors who are not bound to a particular master have a compulsion to offer any medical aid they can offer, whatever the circumstances.

Igors are well known for knowing exactly which Igor a person is talking about, despite the facts that they are all named Igor and that the speaker hasn't yet told them which Igor they are referring to.

There are supposedly several Igors at the Free Hospital, because of this Lord Vetinari has ruled that if anyone is so badly injured that an Igor is needed to save them then the crime should be considered murder, as without the Igor this would be the case.

While there are indeed a number of human barons, they all tend to be uninterested in politics, preferring instead to dabble in experimental surgery and " Meddling In Things Man Was Not Meant To Wot Of ," each with the help of their personal Igors.

Also, this particular Igor can call upon aid from other Ankh-Morpork Igors if he thinks it'll be needed — although the other Igors enjoy this ; practising surgery and giving a hand to people who need it ( possibly because it was just cut or pulled off in a street fight ) is something the Igors live for.

Known collectively as " The Igors ", Igor Yatsenko and Igor Ivaniuk had been EIAS's primary software developers for many years.

Naming their new company EIAS 3D, Tomas and the Igors have been working since Spring of 2010 to bring the latest version of EIAS, version 9. 0, to market.

In recent years, Igors Šiškins has tried to re-activate Pērkonkrusts again.

Another Latvian, Igors Miglinieks won gold with the Soviet team four years later, in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

A major controversy was caused by two Latvian players, Igors Miglinieks and Gundars Vētra.

Only Emmanuel Eboué and Igors Stepanovs, however, completed permanent moves to the clubs in this time period, the former to Arsenal and the latter to Beveren.

All Igors have stitches, but these appear to be more like clan markings than actual repairs.

Beyond surgery, Igors have an advanced knowledge of what they call " bio-artificing " ( a kind of genetic engineering which, on the Discworld, involves " very small stitches ") and often create " pets " for themselves, such as dogs made from various dog breeds and a rabbit with human ears growing out of it.

They also have a knack for making any door they open creak ; Igors who take up long-term residence in a particular place will often cultivate these creaks via careful lack of oiling.

Igors have a particular code of honour, which makes them very loyal and hard-working.

In Monstrous Regiment, an Igor serving as the medic for a Borogravian regiment insisted on stopping to give aid to wounded soldiers of the opposing army, Zlobenia, as the Igors always offer a helping hand wherever needed.

He shows a disregard and scorn for traditions of Igors, such as lisping, which he sometimes forgets or neglects to do, and reverence for anyone with a title in their name.

He also recommended Igors Stepanovs to Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger.

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Scientists say that the world and everything in it are based on mathematics.

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The countercult movement asserts that non-fundamental Christian sects whose beliefs are partially or wholly not in accordance with the Bible are erroneous.