Category: T

Someone specially trained to use X-rays or radioactive isotopes in the treatment of patients.  

In order to cure a disorder or disease. A phrase denoting connection with treatment. The therapeutic dosage of a medication refers to the quantity necessary to achieve the most favorable outcome. Pertaining to the field of therapy.  

The ball of the thumb, the lump of flesh in the palm of the hand below the thumb. The projecting mass at the base of the thumb: what is popularly known as the ball of the thumb. An prominence formed by muscles on the palm below the thumb.  

Referring to the palm of the hand. Palm, especially the raised, fleshy part of the palm at the base of the thumb. The clinical term for the palm of the hand. Additionally, the term “thenar” is employed to specifically indicate the muscular portion of the palm located at the bottom of the thumb. The hand’s…

The beginning of the process of breast development in young women. Beginning of female breast development, usually occurring between the ages of 9 and 13, before puberty. The beginning of breast development, a milestone that typically occurs by about age 13 in the U.S. The initiation of breast development in girls, commonly referred to as…

Tissue shaped like a sheath. A sheathlike surrounding tissue. For example, the theca folliculi is the outer wall of a Graafian follicle. A layer of tissue enveloping a body part, such as the pericardium, a membrane that encases the heart. An enveloping layer or covering, often found around tendons or nerves.  

A loose piece of clothing worn by a person having an operation. A long green robe worn over other clothes by a surgeon or nurse in an operating theatre.  

A synthetic drug given to pregnant women for morning sickness in the 1960s which caused babies to be born with stunted limbs. It is now used in the treatment of leprosy. Sedative drug, no longer used because of its teratogenic properties when taken during pregnancy. A drug originally prescribed to pregnant women to prevent miscarriages…

A hereditary disorder of which there are several forms caused by an anomalies in the protein component of the haemoglobin, leading to severe anaemia. It is found especially in people from Mediterranean countries, the Middle East and East Asia. Also known as Cooley’s anaemia, this is a condition characterized by severe anaemia, due to an…

A surgical operation to make an incision into the thalamus to treat intractable pain. An operation on the brain in which a lesion is made in a precise part of the thalamus. It has been used to control psychiatric symptoms of severe anxiety and distress, in which cases the lesion is made in the dorsomedial…