Category: T
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Typhimurium
Microbial assay which measures his-his+ reversion by chemicals which cause base substitutions or frameshift mutations in the genome of this organism.
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Tumor necrosis factor
Serum glycoprotein produced by activated macrophages and other mammalian mononuclear leukocytes which has necrotizing activity against tumor cell lines and increases ability to reject tumor transplants. It mimics the action of endotoxin but differs from it. It has a molecular weight of less than 70,000 kDa. Literally, tumor death factor. A cytokine (protein that helps…
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Tryptophan
An essential amino acid that is necessary for normal growth in infants and for nitrogen balance in adults. It is a precursor serotonin and niacin. An amino acid well-known to foster drowsiness. A major essential amino acid that is the precursor to serotonin. An essential amino acid; the precursor of the neurotransmitter 5- hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)…
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Trivalent
Having a valence of three. Combining with or replacing three hydrogen atoms.
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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
An antibiotic drug used to treat infection and prevent pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
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Triclosan
A diphenyl ether derivative used in cosmetics and toilet soaps as an antiseptic. It has some bacteriostatic and fungistatic action. Triclosan is an antiseptic employed to disinfect the skin. Medical professionals, including doctors and hospital staff, often utilize triclosan to cleanse their hands prior to conducting surgical procedures.
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Treatment outcome
Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, practicability, etc., of these interventions in individual cases or series.
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Treatment failure
A measure of the quality of health care by assessment of unsuccessful results of management and procedures used in combating disease, in individual cases or series.
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Transplantation
Transference of a tissue or organ, alive or dead, within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species. The stage of cancer during which cancer cells move into different parts of the body. The act of transplanting something. Implantation of a living body part, organ, or tissue graft from…
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Translocation
The movement of material in solution inside the body of the plant. Genetic mutation in which a section of a chromosome “breaks off” and moves to a new (abnormal) position in that (or a different) chromosome. A chromosomal malfunctioning characterized by a portion of a chromosome from one group to, in effect, create a new…