Category: T
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Toxigenic
Caused or produced by a toxin.
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Toxicosis
Poisoning. The deleterious effects of a toxin; poisoning: includes any disease caused by the toxic effects of any substances. A state of having been exposed to a poisonous substance.
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Toxaemia of pregnancy
A condition which can affect women towards the end of pregnancy, in which they develop high blood pressure and pass protein in the urine.
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Toxaemia
The presence of poisonous substances in the blood. A term applied to forms of blood-poisoning due to the absorption of bacterial products (TOXINS) formed at some local site of infection, such as an abscess. In other cases the toxaemia is due to defective action of some excretory organ, such as the kidney. As regards treatment,…
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Tough
Unable to break or tear easily.
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Touch
One of the five senses, where sensations are felt by part of the skin, especially by the fingers and lips. The sense of touch relates to the body’s ability to sense touch, vibration, pressure, temperature, and pain. The skin, muscles, joints, tendons, and organs all have receptors that sense touch. These sensations are consciously perceived…
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Total recall
The fact of being able to remember something in complete detail.
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Total pancreatectomy
The surgical removal of the whole pancreas together with part of the duodenum.
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Total hysterectomy
The surgical removal of the whole uterus.
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Total hip arthroplasty
The replacement of both the head of the femur and the acetabulum with an artificial joint.