1) Buddhist terminology 
[religion] Terma ({bo|t=གཏེར་མ་|w=gter ma|l=}; `hidden treasure`) are key Tibetan Buddhist and Bon teachings, which the tradition holds were originally esoterically hidden by various adepts such as Padmasambhava and his dakinis (consorts) in the 8th century for future discovery at auspicious times by other adepts, known as ter...
• (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
Hidden treasure teaching, usually from PADMASAMBHAVA
Ter'ma noun [ New Latin See Term , noun ] (Anat.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.