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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

tactile disk
Synonym for tactile meniscus ... A specialised tactile sensory nerve ending in the epidermis, characterised by a terminal cuplike expansion of an intraepidermal axon in contact with the base of a single modified keratinocyte. ... Synonym: meniscus tactus, Merkel's corpuscle, Merkel's tactile cell, Merkel's tactile disk, tactile disk. ... (05 Mar 2000) …

tactile elevations
Small areas in the skin of the palms and soles especially rich in sensory nerve endings. ... Synonym: toruli tactiles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile fremitus
Vibration felt with the hand on the chest during vocal fremitus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile hair
The vibrissae or whiskers of animals such as rats and cats which have especially well developed touch endings in the follicular wall. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile hallucination
False perception of movement or sensation, as from an amputated limb, or crawling sensation on the skin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile hyperesthesia
Synonym for hyperaphia ... Extreme sensitiveness to touch. ... Synonym: oxyaphia, tactile hyperesthesia. ... Origin: hyper-+ G. Haphe, touch ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile image
An image of an object as perceived by the sense of touch. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile meniscus
A specialised tactile sensory nerve ending in the epidermis, characterised by a terminal cuplike expansion of an intraepidermal axon in contact with the base of a single modified keratinocyte. ... Synonym: meniscus tactus, Merkel's corpuscle, Merkel's tactile cell, Merkel's tactile disk, tactile disk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile organ
Synonym for organ of touch ... Any one of the sensory end organs. ... Synonym: organum tactus, tactile organ. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactile sense
Synonym for touch ... 1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on. 'Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly.' (Milton) ... 2. To perceive by the sense of feeling. 'Nothing but body can be touched or touch.' (Greech) ... 3. To come to; to reach; to attain …

taction
1. The sense of touch. ... 2. The act of touching. ... Origin: L. Tactio, fr. Tango, pp. Tactus, to touch ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactometer
Synonym: esthesiometer. ... Origin: L. Tactus, touch, + G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tactor
A tactile end organ. ... Origin: L. One who or that which touches ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Tactual Performance Test
halstead-Reitan battery ...

TAD
Acronym for transient acantholytic dermatosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tadpole
1. <zoology> The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy. ... 2. <zoology> The hooded merganser. Tadpole fish. ... <zoology> See Forkbeard . ... Origin: OE. Tadd …

tadpole-shaped pupil
An intermittent, brief distortion and dilation of a pupil that draws one part of the iris into a peak so that the pupil resembles a tadpole; a temporary, benign condition associated with migraine that may leave the patient with a Horner's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

taenia
Origin: L, a ribbon, a tapeworm. ... 1. <zoology> A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. ... 2. <anatomy> A band; a structural line; applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. ... 3. The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave …

Taenia africana
A tapeworm found in native Africans, the cysticercus of which is unknown. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia armata
Synonym for taenia solium ... The pork tapeworm. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm and the measly tapeworm. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Taenia crassicollis
Synonym for Taenia taeniaeformis ... One of the common tapeworms of household cats; the larval form is called Cysticercus fasciolaris. ... Synonym: Hydatigera taeniaeformis, Taenia crassicollis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia demerariensis
Former name for Davainea madagascariensis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia dentata
Synonym for taenia solium ... The pork tapeworm. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm and the measly tapeworm. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Taenia equina
Synonym for Anoplocephala perfoliata ... A cosmopolitan species of the horse, donkey, mule, and zebra; cysticercoid larvae are found in arthropods. ... Synonym: Taenia equina, Taenia quadrilobata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia hominis
Unusual form of Taenia saginata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia hydatigena
A tapeworm of dogs, cats, wolves, foxes, and other carnivores; the larva is known as Cysticercus tenuicollis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia madagascariensis
Former name for Davainea madagascariensis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia minima
Former name for Hymenolepis nana. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia ovis
A tapeworm of dogs and foxes whose larval form is found in the muscles of sheep; heavy larval infections in sheep can have severe economic consequences due to condemnation of carcasses at meat inspection. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia philippina
Atypical form of Taenia saginata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia pisiformis
A common tapeworm of dogs, foxes, and other carnivores; the larval form is Cysticercus pisiformis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenia quadrilobata
Synonym for Anoplocephala perfoliata ... A cosmopolitan species of the horse, donkey, mule, and zebra; cysticercoid larvae are found in arthropods. ... Synonym: Taenia equina, Taenia quadrilobata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

taenia saginata
The beef tapeworm. The most common of the big tapeworms that parasitises people, contracted from infected raw or rare beef. Can grow to be 12-25 feet (3.6-7.5 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the african tapeworm. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

taenia solium
The pork tapeworm. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm and the measly tapeworm. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Taenia taeniaeformis
One of the common tapeworms of household cats; the larval form is called Cysticercus fasciolaris. ... Synonym: Hydatigera taeniaeformis, Taenia crassicollis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taeniarhynchus
A genus established for the Taenia species having a rudimentary rostellum but lacking the rostellar hooklets typical of Taenia. The best known example is Taeniarhynchus saginatus, but the older name, Taenia saginata, is more commonly used. ... Origin: G. Tainia, band, + rhynchos, snout ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

taeniasis
Infection with tapeworms of the genus taenia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

taeniid
Common name for a member of the family Taeniidae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taeniidae
A family of parasitic cestodes (order Cyclophyllidea) that includes the genera Taenia, Taeniarhynchus, Multiceps, and Echinococcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taeniorhynchus
A genus and subgenus of mosquitoes now considered synonymous with Mansonia. ... Origin: G. Tainia, band, + rhynchos, snout ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenzer, Paul
<person> German dermatologist, 1858-1919. ... See: Taenzer's stain, Unna-Taenzer stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taenzer's stain
<technique> An orcein solution used for staining elastic tissue. ... Synonym: Unna-Taenzer stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

TAF
<abbreviation> Tumour angiogenic factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tag
See: label, tracer. ... 2. A small outgrowth or polyp. ... Anal skin tag, a fibrous polyp of the anus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tag, ear
Common minor anomaly, a rudimentary tag of ear tissue, often containing a core cartilage, usually located just in front of the ear (auricle). Therefore, also called preauricular tag. The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a child increases the probability that the child has a major malformation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

tag, preauricular
See Tag, ear. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

tagamet
A class of anti-ulcer medication which work through the inhibition of basal and nocturnal gastric acid secretion by competitive inhibition of the action of histamine at histamine H2 receptor sites on the parietal cells. ... Examples include cimetidine (Tagamet), famotidine (Pepcid), nizatidine (Axid) and ranitidine (Zantac). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

tagatose
A ketohexose; d-tagatose is epimeric with d-fructose. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tagatose kinase
<enzyme> Enzyme from mycobacterium butyricum that forms tagatose-6-phosphate ... Registry number: EC 2.7.1.101 ... Synonym: d-tagatose kinase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

tagaturonate reductase
<enzyme> Catalyses the nad dependent oxidation of altronate to tagaturonate; online and index medicus search alcohol oxidorecuctases (75-77), carbohydrate dehydrogenases (78-82) ... Registry number: EC 1.1.1.58 ... Synonym: altronate oxidoreductase, d-altronate-nad+ 3-oxidoreductase, altronate-nad dehydrogenase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

tagged atom
Synonym for labelled atom ... A radioactive atom, or a stable but rare one, which by its presence in a molecule helps localization or measurement of that molecule. ... Synonym: tagged atom. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tagliacotian
Pertaining to or described by Tagliacozzi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tagliacotian operation
Synonym for Italian rhinoplasty ... Italian method rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the arm. ... Synonym: Italian method, Italian operation, tagliacotian operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Tagliacozzi, Gaspare
<person> Italian surgeon, 1546-1599. ... See: tagliacotian operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Tahyna virus
A California group arbovirus, in the family Bunyaviridae, from central Europe, known to infect humans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail
1. <zoology> The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. ... The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several more or less consolidated vertebrae which supports a …

tail bone
Synonym for coccyx ... <anatomy> The last bone of the spinal column, sometimes referred to as man's vestigial tail. The last portion of the vertebral column just below the sacrum. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

tail bud
The rapidly proliferating mass of cells at the caudal extremity of the embryo; remnant of the primitive node. ... Synonym: end bud. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail fold
The ventral folding of the caudal extremity of the embryonic disk. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail of caudate nucleus
The elongated posterior extension of the caudate nucleus that parallels the body and inferior horn of the lateral ventricle. ... Synonym: cauda nuclei caudati, cauda striati. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail of dentate gyrus
Synonym for uncus band of Giacomini ... A slender whitish band, the attenuated anterior continuation of the dentate gyrus (fascia dentata), crossing transversally the surface of the recurved part of the uncus gyri parahippocampalis. ... Synonym: band of Giacomini, cauda fasciae dentatae, frenulum of Giacomini, tail of dentate gyrus. ... (05 Mar 2000)< …

tail of epididymis
The inferior part of the epididymis that leads into the ductus deferens; part of the reservoir of spermatozoa. ... Synonym: cauda epididymidis, cauda epididymis, globus minor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail of helix
A flattened process terminating the cartilage of the helix of the ear, posteriorly and inferiorly. ... Synonym: cauda helicis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail of pancreas
The left extremity of the pancreas within the lienorenal ligament. ... Synonym: cauda pancreatis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail sheath
The protoplasmic envelope in the tail of a spermatozoon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail vertebrae
Synonym for coccygeal vertebrae ... The four terminal segments of the vertebral column, usually fused to form the coccyx. ... Synonym: vertebrae coccygeae, tail vertebrae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tail-specific protease
<enzyme> Selectively degrades proteins with nonpolar c termini ... Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- ... Synonym: tsp protease, prc protein, prc gene product ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

tailed phage
A member of a group of hundreds of DNA-based bacteria-infecting viruses which are characterised by a helix-shaped tail and a cube-shaped head.This group includes the viral families Myoviridae, Podoviridae, andSiphoviridae. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

tailgut
Synonym for postanal gut ... An extension of the hindgut caudal to the point at which the anal opening is formed. ... Synonym: postcloacal gut, tailgut. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tailing
1. The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. ... 2. <surgery> Same as Tail, 8 . ... 3. Sexual intercourse. ... 4. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff. ... 5. <chemical> The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over …

taille
1. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. 'Whether that he paid or took by taille.' (Chaucer) ... 2. Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. 'The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the s …

tailor
1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. 'Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor.' (Shak) ... 2. <zoology> The mattowacca; called also tailor herring. The silversides. ... 3. <zoology> The goldfish. Salt-water tailor, any one of n …

tailor's cramp
An occupational dystonia affecting the forearms and hands of tailors. ... Synonym: tailor's spasm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tailor's muscle
Synonym for sartorius ... <anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior superior spine of ilium; insertion, medial border of tuberosity of tibia; action, flexes thigh and leg, rotates leg medially and thigh laterally; nerve supply, femoral. ... Synonym: musculus sartorius, tailor's muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tailor's spasm
Synonym for tailor's cramp ... An occupational dystonia affecting the forearms and hands of tailors. ... Synonym: tailor's spasm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

taint
1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air. ... 2. To stain; to sully; to tarnish. 'His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.' (Shak) ... Synonym: To contaminate, defile, pollute, corrupt, in …

Tait, Robert
<person> English gynecologist, 1845-1899. ... See: Tait's law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Tait's law
An obsolete dictum that an exploratory laparotomy should be performed in every case of obscure pelvic or abdominal disease that threatens health or life. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Taka-diastase
Synonym for alpha-amylase ... <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-glycosidic linkages in starch, glycogen, and related polysaccharides and oligosaccharides containing 3 or more 1,4-alpha-linked d-glucose units. ... Pharmacological action: anti-inflammatory agents. ... Chemical name: 1,4-alpha-D-Glucan glucanohydrola …

Takahara, Shigeo
<person> 20th century Japanese otolaryngologist. ... See: Takahara's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Takahara's disease
Synonym for acatalasia ... Absence or deficiency of catalase from blood and tissues, often manifested by recurrent infection or ulceration of the gums and related oral structures. Homozygotes may have complete absence (Japanese variety) or very low levels (Swiss variety) of catalase; heterozygotes have reduced catalase levels (hypocatalasia), which …

Takayama, Masao
<person> Japanese physician, *1872. ... See: Takayama's stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Takayama's stain
<technique> A stain containing pyridine, sodium hydrate, and dextrose; used for identification of blood stains; a drop added to a suspected blood stain results in the formation of haemochromogen crystals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

takayasu arteritis
<radiology> Also known as: giant cell arteritis, aortic arch syndrome, pulseless disease, thickening of wall of aortic arch and thoracic aorta, chronic obliterative arteritis of subclavian and carotid arteries, diminished pulses in upper extremities, may most likely to be rib notching ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Takayasu, Michishige
<person> Japanese ophthalmologist, *1872. ... See: Takayasu's arteritis, Takayasu's disease, Takayasu's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

takayasu's arteritis
A thrombo-obliterative process of the great vessels stemming from the aortic arch, occurring generally in young women. Radial and carotid pulses are typically obliterated. Skin changes are due to the disturbed circulation. There may be loss of hair and atrophy of the skin and its appendages with underlying muscle atrophy. (andrews' diseases of the …

Takayasu's disease
Synonym for takayasu's arteritis ... A thrombo-obliterative process of the great vessels stemming from the aortic arch, occurring generally in young women. Radial and carotid pulses are typically obliterated. Skin changes are due to the disturbed circulation. There may be loss of hair and atrophy of the skin and its appendages with underlying muscle …

Takayasu's syndrome
Synonym for takayasu's arteritis ... A thrombo-obliterative process of the great vessels stemming from the aortic arch, occurring generally in young women. Radial and carotid pulses are typically obliterated. Skin changes are due to the disturbed circulation. There may be loss of hair and atrophy of the skin and its appendages with underlying muscle …

take
1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey. Hence, specifically: ... To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; …

tal butal
5-Allyl-5-sec-butylbarbituric acid;a short-acting hypnotic and sedative. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

talalgia
Pain in the ankle. ... Origin: L. Talus, ankle, G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

talampicillin
<chemical> 6-((aminophenylacetyl)amino)-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1- azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid 1,3-dihydro- 3-oxo-1-isobenzofuranyl ester. A form of ampicillin that has no antibacterial action itself, but is broken down in the intestinal mucosa to yield a high level of ampicillin to the blood without affecting intestinal flor …

talar
Relating to the talus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

talar sulcus
Synonym for interosseous groove of talus ... The groove on the inferior surface of the talus, which with a corresponding groove on the calcaneus forms the sinus tarsi. ... Synonym: sulcus tali, interosseous groove, talar sulcus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Talbot
William Henry Fox, British scientist, 1800-1877. ... See: Plateau-Talbot law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

talc
<chemical> A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish colour, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety. Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc. ... Synonym: talc sla …

talc operation
An obsolete operation in which magnesium silicate (talc) powder is applied to the epicardium to create a sterile granulomatous pericarditis and thus promote pericardial anastomoses with the coronary circulation. ... Synonym: poudrage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

talcosis
A pulmonary disorder related to silicosis, occurring in workers exposed to talc mixed with silicates; characterised by restrictive or obstructive disorders of breathing or the two in combination. ... Origin: talc + G. -osis, condition ... Pulmonary talcosis, pneumoconiosis from inhaling talc dusts. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

talcum
Synonym: talc. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

tale
1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. 'The tale of Troy divine.' . 'In such manner rime is Dante's tale.' . 'We spend our years as a tale that is told.' (Ps. Xc. 9) ... 2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in d …