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tabes dorsalis. Locomotor ataxia; posterior spinal sclerosis.
talipes. Clubfoot.
talipes calcaneus. The heel touching the ground and the foot generally in extreme dorsi-flexion.
talipes cavus. Hollow foot. An increased curvature of the arch of the foot.
talipes equinus. Club foot, the patient walking on his toes, and the foot in plantar flexion.
talipes planus. Flat foot; a deformity marked by depression of the arch of the foot.
talipes valgus. Eversion of the foot, the inner side of the foot resting on the ground.
talipes varus. Inversion of the foot, the outer side of the sole of the foot touching the ground.
tarsus. A bone of the posterior part of the foot.
technic. Details of a procedure.
tendo Achillis. The common tendon of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.
tendon. A white, glistening fibrous tissue, affording attachment of muscles to bone.
tenosynovitis. Inflammation of a tendon and its sheath.
tenotomy. The surgical division of a tendon.
terminal. Relating to the end, extremity or summit of any body.
tetanus. Lock jaw. A very fatal disease due to the introduction of the bacillus tetanus into the tissues.
therapy. Treatment, as hydrotherapy, treatment of diseases by means of water.
therapeutics. The branch of medical science concerned with the application of remedies for the alleviation of pain and the treatment of disease.
thermal. Pertaining to heat.
thoracentesis. Tapping the thorax to release fluid from it.
thrombin. The fibrin ferment.
thrombosis. The formation of a thrombus.
thrombus. A blood clot in a vessel producing an obstruction in the flow of the blood in the same.
thymol. A phenol found in some volatile oils. Used as a deodorizer and as an antiseptic.
tibia. The shin-bone.
tincture. The pharmacy name of an alcoholic solution or extract of a nonvolatile vegetable substance.
tissue. A collection of cells or derivatives of cells forming a definite structure.
toma, or oma. Tumor in hematoma, a bloody tumor.
tourniquet. An instrument or apparatus for arresting the flow of blood from a vessel in a limb by pressure.
toxalbumins. Poisonous soluble albuminoids producing specific disease.
toxemia. A poisoned state of the blood due to the absorption of poisons not of parasitic origin.
toxicity. A state of being poisonous.
toxicology. The science of poisons and their antidotes.
toxins. Amorphous, nitrogenous poisons, formed by bacteria in both living tissues and dead substances.
trabecula. Any one of the fibrous bands extending from the capsule into the interior of an organ.
tracheotomy. The operation of opening into the trachea.
traction. Drawing; pulling.
tragopodia. Knock-knee.
transfusion. The transfer of blood from one person to another.
transplant. To transfer from one part to another as in plastic operations.
trauma. A wound or injury.
traumatic. Relating to or caused by a wound.
trinitrin. Nitroglycerin.
triturate. To reduce to fine powder; a finely divided powder.
tropacocaine. An alkaloid from Java coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic.
trophe (nourishment). Hypertrophy, overgrowth; atrophy, lack of nourishment.
trophic. Relating to or dependent upon nutrition.
trypsin. A proteolytic ferment of pancreatic fluid.
tubercle. A circumscribed elevation on the skin, mucous membrane or surface of an organ; the lesion of tuberculosis.
tuberosity. A small rounded elevation on a bony surface.
tumor. A swelling or tumefaction.
tylosis. Formation of a callosity.
typhoid fever. An acute infectious disease caused by the bacillus typhosus.