Category: T
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Tetralogy
The combination of four symptoms or elements.
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Tetraethylpyrophosphate
A powerful cholinesterase inhibitor used as an insecticide. It is poisonous to humans; the antidote is atropine.
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Tetracrotic
Noting a pulse or pulse tracing with four upward strokes in the descending limb of the wave.
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Tetracid
Able to react with four molecules of a monoacid or two of a diacid to form a salt or ester, said of a base or alcohol. This term is disapproved by some authorities.
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Tetrachlorethylene
A clear, colorless liquid with a characteristic odor, used as a solvent.
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Tetrabromofluorescein
A dye, C20H8Br4O5, obtained from the action of bromine on fluorescein, used as a stain in microscopy.
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Tetrabasic
Having four replaceable hydrogen atoms, said of an acid or acid salt.
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Tethering
Binding or attachment, e.g., of white blood cells as they migrate through tissues.
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Tetartanopia
Symmetrical blindness in the same quadrant of each visual field.
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Thyreoprival tetany
Tetany resulting from removal of the thyroid gland, accompanied by inadvertent removal of the parathyroid glands.