Glossary

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  • Tidal

    Periodically rising and falling, increasing and decreasing.  

  • Tickling

    Gentle stimulation of a sensitive surface and its reflex effect, such as involuntary laughter.  

  • Tickle

    Peculiar sensation caused by titillation or touching, especially in certain areas of the body, resulting in reflex muscular movements, laughter, or other forms of emotional expression.  

  • Tick-borne rickettsiosis

    The spotted-fever group (SFG) of tick-borne rickettsioses. Included are infections caused by the pathogenic organism Rickettsia rickettsii, which causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever. There are six other pathogenic SFG rickettsial species, five of which (R. conorii, R. sibirica, R. japonica, R. australis, and R. africae ) are most likely to be transmitted by a tick…

  • Wood tick

    Dermacentor andersoni, an important North American species of tick, which causes tick paralysis and transmits causative organisms of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia.  

  • Vocal tic

    Grunts and barking sounds that may be made by persons with Tourette’s syndrome.  

  • Tic rotatoire

    Spasmodic torticollis in which the head and neck are forcibly rotated or turned from one side to the other.  

  • Habit tic

    Habitual repetition of a grimace or muscular action. Psychogenic tic refers to a type of tic characterized by repetitive and involuntary muscle movements that stem from a psychological origin, rather than being caused by damage to or disease of the nervous system.  

  • Convulsive tic

    Spasm of the facial muscles supplied by the seventh cranial nerve.  

  • Tibioadductor reflex

    Adduction of either the stimulated leg or the opposite one when the tibia is percussed on the inner side.  

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