Category: T

Locomotor ataxia. A disease of the nervous system, caused by advanced syphilis, in which the person loses the sense of feeling, control of the bladder and the ability to coordinate movements of the legs, and has severe pains. Abnormal condition, usually associated with syphilis, characterized by progressive degeneration of sensory neurons, usually with symptoms of…

A gradual and progressive wasting in any chronic disease. A condition in which someone is wasting away. An archaic name, previously applied to ‘wasting’ in various diseases such as tertiary syphilis (tabes dorsalis) and tuberculosis, accompanied by enlargement of glands. A gradual, progressive wasting in any chronic disease. A continuous decline in the body or…

The primary segments of a compound leaf (pinnae) are further divided into smaller segments (leaflets).  

In the shape of a triangle. With three sides.  

American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde in the early twentieth century, life partner of writer Gertrude Stein, author of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.  

Active ingredient in cannabis that gives it psychoactive effects.  

Speakeasy-type establishments in urban centers that served hashish in the 1920s and 1930s.    

A temporary inadequate blood supply to an area of the brain that causes transient neurological manifestations, often due to a “ministroke” caused by a small blood clot. A temporary spasm of a cerebral artery that produces symptoms similar to those of a minor stroke is often a fore warning of a true cerebrovascular accident. Temporary…

A hormone released from the pituitary gland that stimulates thyroid function. A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates the thyroid gland. A hormone released by the pituitary that stimulates the thyroid gland to make and release thyroxine. A hormone that causes the thyroid gland to secrete additional amounts of thyroxine. Hormone secreted by…