Category: T

Any neurodegenerative disorder in which abnormal levels of tau protein are found in the brain.  

A protein associated with microtubules that is found in glial cells of the brains of people affected by neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, frontotemporal dementia, and some forms of Parkinson’s disease. In these and related illnesses, high levels of tau can be found in the cerebrospinal fluid.  

Following abrasion of the skin, embedding of fine dirt particles under the superficial layers of the skin; or as a result of forceful deposit of gunpowder granules. This can be prevented by immediate removal of the particles.  

A person capable of detecting a particular substance by using the taste sense.  

An area in the cerebral cortex at the lower end of the somesthetic area in the parietal lobe.  

An inability to taste certain substances such as phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). This inability is due to a hereditary factor that is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. The inability to detect specific flavors.  

Concerning the tarsus of the eyelid and the orbit. Associated with the tarsal plate of the upper eyelid.  

An enlargement of the heel bone, the calcaneus. Technically, it refers to the enlargement of the foot’s tarsus, but it’s more often used to describe the growth of the heel bone.  

The softening of the tarsal plate of the eyes. Unusual softening of the tarsal plate in an eyelid.  

An inflammation of the tarsal or meibomian glands of the eyelid. Inflammation affecting the eyelid’s tarsal plate and the meibomian glands.