Category: T

The part of the temporal bone that supports and partly surrounds the auditory canal.  

Referring to the eardrum.  

A surgical operation to remove the tympanic membrane. Excision of the tympanic membrane. The surgical procedure for excising the eardrum.  

The development of a callus on the skin. The phenomenon characterized by the development of tyloses, or the intricate process by which these structures are formed. Tyloses are outgrowths that originate from the living cells inside certain trees, particularly those belonging to the angiosperm family. When trees are faced with injury or other forms of…

Small movements of the muscles in the face or hands. Repeated contractions of portions of muscles.  

A small movement of a muscle in the face or hands. Involuntary movement of a muscle that produces a small, spasm like jerk. Twitching can appear as restless legs, a tic (in the face, neck, or shoulders, including the throat and voice), or elsewhere in the body. A twitch can be a symptom of a…

To hurt a joint by turning or bending it too much or the wrong way. A technique used for formal hairstyling that creates a look of conical shape.  

A sudden sharp pain.  

A type of an aesthetic sleep, in which the patient is semi-conscious but cannot feel any pain. A state of partial anesthesia and hypo-consciousness in which pain sense has been greatly reduced by the injection of morphine and scopolamine. The patient responds to pain, but afterward the memory of the pain is dulled or effaced.…

A condition of the eyes, in which someone has difficulty in seeing in dim light.