Author: Glossary
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Tryptase
An enzyme (specifically a neutral proteinase) produced by mast cells that mediates many allergic phenomena, including anaphylaxis, asthma, conjunctivitis, and rhinitis.
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Tryptamine
A metabolite of tryptophan that acts as an enhancer of impulse propagation in the brain.
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Trypanosomid
A skin eruption in any disease caused by a trypanosome.
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American trypanosomiasis
A disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by the biting reduviid bug. It is characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and facial edema. Chronic cases may be mild or asymptomatic, or may be accompanied by myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, megaesophagus, megacolon, or death.
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Trypanosoma cruzi
The causative agent of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease). It is transmitted by blood-sucking insects (triatomids) of the family Reduviidae. A parasite that leads to the onset of Chagas’ disease in South America, also known as American trypanosomiasis.
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Trypanosoma brucei
A species with three subspecies: T. brucei brucei, T. brucei gambiense, and T. brucei rhodesiense. The subspecies T. brucei brucei causes a wasting disease in cattle called nagana but does not produce disease in humans. The subspecies T. brucei gambiense causes African sleeping sickness in western and central Africa. The subspecies T. brucei rhodesiense, transmitted…
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Trypanoplasma
A genus of protozoan parasites resembling trypanosomes.
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Antrypanolysis
The dissolution of trypanosomes.
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Trybutyrase
An enzyme present in the stomach that digests the short-chain diglycerides of butter.
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Trust
In the relations between health care providers and patients, reliance by both parties on the integrity and sincerity of each other, and the patient’s confidence in the ability and good will of the care provider. Trust is essential in the relationship between patients and those who provide medical care for them.