Author: Glossary
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Bacteriophage typing
Determination of the subdivision of a bacterial species by a type-specific bacteriophage.
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Mexican typhus
A louse-borne epidemic typhus present in certain portions of Mexico.
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Typhomalarial
Having symptoms of both typhoid and malarial fevers. Exhibiting symptoms characteristic of both typhoid fever and malaria.
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Typholysin
A lysin destructive to typhoid bacilli. Any substance that kills or neutralizes the typhoid bacterium.
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Typhlodicliditis
Inflammation of the ileocecal valve.
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Pyknic types
Having a rounded body, large chest, thick shoulders, broad head, thick neck, and usually short stature.
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Phage types
Distinguishing subgroups of bacteria by the type of bacteriophage associated with that specific bacterium.
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Athletic type
Having broad shoulders, a deep chest, flat abdomen, thick neck, and powerful muscular development.
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Asthenic type
Having a thin, flat, long chested body build with poor muscular development.
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Tyndall effect
The scattering of light as it passes through a colloid filled with particles. It is seen, for example, in a slit lamp examination of an eye with an inflamed anterior chamber.