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Paraguay copper tea
Tea, also known as yerba mate, made from the leaves and stems of Ilex paraguayensis. It is a stimulating drink and contains volatile oil, tannin, and caffeine.
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Herbal tea
Tea made of a variety of plants, including leaves of certain flowers, herbs, barks, and grasses. Some herbs used in these teas have been demonstrated to have pharmacological properties.
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Black tea
Tea made from leaves that have been fermented before they are dried. Fermented tea before the firing process, in contrast to the unfermented green variety.
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T-cell receptor
One of two polypeptide chains (α or β) on the surface of T lymphocytes that recognize and bind foreign antigens. TCRs are antigen specific; their activity depends on antigen processing by macrophages or other antigen-presenting cells and the presence of major histocompatibility complex proteins to which peptides from the antigen are bound.
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Taylor brace
A brace with two rigid posterior oblique portions and soft straps crossed anteriorly over the chest.
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Tautomerism
A phenomenon in which a chemical may be present in two forms, existing in dynamic equilibrium so that as the amount of one substance is altered, the second is changed into the other form in order to maintain the equilibrium.
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Tautomerase
An enzyme that catalyzes tautomeric reactions.
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Tautomer
A chemical that is capable of tautomerism.
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Taussig-Bing syndrome
A congenital deformity of the heart in which the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from both ventricles. An intraventricular septal defect is present.
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Tauopathy
Any neurodegenerative disorder in which abnormal levels of tau protein are found in the brain.
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