Category: T

The membrane at the inner end of the external auditory meatus leading from the outer ear, which vibrates with sound and passes the vibrations on to the ossicles in the middle ear. Thin, semitransparent membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear. When sound waves enter the outer ear, they cause the membrane…

A cough.  

An abnormal swelling of the body other than those caused by direct injury. Swelling, one of the cardinal signs of inflammations; morbid enlargement. A new growth of tissue in which the multiplication of cells is uncontrolled and progressive; called also neoplasm. An abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled multiplication of cells and serving no…

Is a bacterial infection of the lungs caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, characterized by the formation of lesions (tubercles) and necrosis in the lung tissues and other organs. Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of Mycobacterium. Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals…

Small protein synthesized in the exocrine pancreas which prevents conversion of trypsinogen to trypsin, so protecting itself against trypsin digestion.  

An enzyme of pancreatic juice that hydrolyzes proteins into smaller polypeptide units. A serine endopeptidase that is formed from trypsinogen in the pancreas. It is converted into its active form by enteropeptidase in the small intestine. It catalyzes hydrolysis of the carboxyl group of either arginine or lysine. A proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice,…

Human disease or an infection caused by a trypanosome. A disease, spread by insect bites, where trypanosomes infest the blood. Symptoms are pains in the head, general lethargy and long periods of sleep. Infection with a parasite of the Trypanosoma genus. A rare illness caused by the bite of an infected tsetse fly. There are…

Protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma. Any protozoan belonging to the genus Trypanosoma.  

Destructive to trypanosomes. An agent that kills protozoa (trypanosomes) responsible for certain mostly tropical diseases, such as sleeping sickness.