Category: T
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Tyvelose
A carbohydrate, 3-6-dideoxy-D-mannose, derived from certain strains of Salmonella and Trichinella.
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Tyrosyluria
Increased tyrosine-derived products in the urine.
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Tyroglyphus
A genus of sarcoptoid mites commonly known as cheese mites. They infest cheese and dried vegetable food products and occasionally infest humans, causing pruritus. This genus includes species that cause grocer’s itch, vanillism, and copra itch.
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Tyrogenous
Having origin in or produced by cheese.
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Typoscope
A reading aid device for patients with amblyopia or cataract.
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Typhomalarial
Having symptoms of both typhoid and malarial fevers. Exhibiting symptoms characteristic of both typhoid fever and malaria.
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Typholysin
A lysin destructive to typhoid bacilli. Any substance that kills or neutralizes the typhoid bacterium.
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Typhlodicliditis
Inflammation of the ileocecal valve.
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Tyndall effect
The scattering of light as it passes through a colloid filled with particles. It is seen, for example, in a slit lamp examination of an eye with an inflamed anterior chamber.
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Tympanous
Marked by abdominal distention with gas.