Category: T
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Tactile hair
Hair that is receptive to touch or contact.
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Temporal gyrus
A gyrus of the temporal lobe; the largest are the superior, middle, and inferior.
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Toxic granulation
The abnormal appearance of white blood cells in patients with serious infectious diseases. The intracytoplasmic granules in the white blood cells show increased staining caused by the increased acid mucoprotein content of the cells.
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Tophaceous gout
Gout marked by the development of tophi (deposits of sodium urate) in the joints and in the external ear.
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Toxic goiter
An exophthalmic goiter or a goiter in which there is an excessive production of the thyroid hormone.
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Tempered glass
Glass that has been heat-treated to increase the force required to break it.
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Tubular gland
A gland whose terminal secreting portions are narrow tubes rather than sacs or alveoli.
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Target gland
Any gland affected by the action or secretion of another gland (e.g., the thyroid is a target gland of the pituitary).
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Tubo-ovarian gestation
Extrauterine pregnancy in which the embryonic sac is partly in the ovary and partly in the abdominal end of the fallopian tube.
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Tuboabdominal gestation
Extrauterine pregnancy in which the embryonic sac is formed partly in the abdominal extremity of the oviduct and partly in the abdominal cavity.