Category: T

A tract containing nerve fibres, running from the thalamus to the sensory cortex.  

A condition in which someone is extremely sensitive to pain, caused by a disorder of the thalamus. Damage to the optic thalamus due to thrombosis leads to hemiparesis accompanied by involuntary movements on the side of the body opposite the brain injury. Additionally, there’s a loss of sensation (hemianesthesia) and an increased sensitivity to pain…

A group of structures in the brain linked to the brain stem, formed of the epithalamus, hypothalamus and thalamus. The structures, collectively, at the anterior end of the brainstem, comprising the epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and subthalamus, all of which are concerned with the reception and processing of information entering from sensory nerve pathways.  

A case which shows symptoms which are exactly like those described in a textbook, a very typical case.  

A congenital condition in which a child has only four fingers or toes. A congenital abnormality in which there are only four digits on a hand or foot.  

Referring to tetanus. Related to or causing tetanus.  

A baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation in which the mother’s ova are removed from the ovaries, fertilised with a man’s spermatozoa in a laboratory, and returned to the mother’s uterus to continue developing in the usual way. A baby born to a woman as a result of fertilization of one of her ova by…

A test to check the secretion of gastric juices, no longer much used. A standard meal given to stimulate secretion of digestive juices, which can then be withdrawn by tube and measured as a test of digestive function. A fractional test meal was a gruel preparation to stimulate gastric secretion, whose acid content was measured.…

Referring to the testes.  

A short examination to see if a sample is healthy or if part of the body is working well. A systematic form or procedure designed to measure or assess some ability, skill, aspect, or characteristic of a person, such as medical tests and various educational and psychological tests. Tests come in a sometimes bewildering variety…