Category: T

  • Thalamic pain syndrome

    Pain affecting one half of the body (alternately, anesthesia affecting half the body) that results from a stroke or other injury to the thalamus.  

  • Textural

    Concerning the texture or constitution of a tissue.  

  • Textarin

    A serine proteinase that activates thrombin and causes bleeding. It is present in the venom of the Australian eastern brown snake. Purified textarin is used in laboratory assays to determine the presence of lupus anticoagulants.  

  • Tetroxide

    A chemical compound containing four oxygen atoms.  

  • Tetrodotoxin

    A powerful neurotoxin that blocks the movement of sodium channels in neuronal cell membranes. It prevents depolarization of nerves and the propagation of electrical impulses from one nerve to another. Most cases of human intoxication result from consumption of the fugu, a puffer fish prepared as a delicacy.  

  • Tetravalent

    Having a valence or combining power of four.  

  • Tetraster

    A mitotic figure in which there are four asters instead of the usual two; occurring abnormally in mitosis.  

  • Tetrasomic

    Possessing four instead of the usual pair of chromosomes in an otherwise diploid cell; that is, having a chromosome number of 2n + 2.  

  • Tetrapeptide

    A peptide that yields four amino acids when it is hydrolyzed.  

  • Tetramastia

    A condition characterized by the presence of four breasts.