Category: T

  • Terpenex

    Hydrocarbons obtained from plants.  

  • Term life policy

    A life insurance policy that does not build cash value, but has much lower premiums than whole life policies.  

  • Terminal stage

    The final stage of advanced cancer when only palliative care is possible.  

  • Terminal oxidation

    The transfer of electrons and hydrogen to oxygen, forming H20 in respiration.  

  • Terminalization

    The repelling movement of the centromeres of bivalents that tend to move the chiasmata toward the ends of the centromeres, thereby reducing the chances of crossing over.  

  • Terminal hair

    Course, long hair that grows as eye-brows, beard, and hair on the top of the head and other places where there are large visible hairs. The long, coarse, pigmented hair of the adult. Long, coarse, pigmented hair found on the scalp, legs, arms, and bodies of males and females.  

  • Terminal goal (Objective)

    The ultimate end result of the learning process. When all terminal goals have been achieved, the aim of health education has been accomplished.  

  • Terminal behavior

    The desired result preselected by an experimenter or programmer who intends to shape behavior by applying operant conditioning techniques.  

  • Term

    The completion of a pregnancy. A limited period of time, especially the period from conception to childbirth, or a point in time determined for an event. Part of a college or school year. A name or word for a particular thing. Alternate name for full-term, referring to a baby born generally on schedule, rather than…

  • Teratology

    That division of embryology and pathology that deals with abnormal development and congenital malformation. The study of the unhealthy development of embryos and fetuses. The study of developmental abnormalities and their causes. Branch of science dealing with the study of congenital deformities and abnormal development. The study of gross structural abnormalities, e.g. fasciations, galls, witches’…