Category: T

A brittle, silvery-white element used primarily in alloys and as a semiconductor; atomic weight, 127.60; atomic number, 52; specific gravity, 6.24.  

The unproven and vague concept that emanations from the earth cause disease.  

A 19kD protein found in the Z disk of striated and cardiac muscle. Mutations in the gene for telethonin result in altered sarcomeres and some forms of muscular dystrophy.  

Surgery performed from a remote location, using robotically controlled instruments. Visual, auditory, tactile, and other feedback is provided electronically to the surgeon.  

A radium source distant from the area being treated.  

An x-ray image obtained by teleradiography.  

Virtual attendance rather than physical attendance (i.e., the presence of a person or thing that is brought about by technological means such as telephone, video, or other electronic devices).  

Telephone technology, i.e., the electronic transmission of voice, fax, or other information between distant parties using a handheld device containing both a speaker or transmitter and a receiver.  

The use of hypnotic suggestion in the treatment of disease.  

A visual disorder in which objects perceived in space have excessive depth or in which close objects appear far away.