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Tau
A protein associated with microtubules that is found in glial cells of the brains of people affected by neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, frontotemporal dementia, and some forms of Parkinson’s disease. In these and related illnesses, high levels of tau can be found in the cerebrospinal fluid.
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Traumatic tattooing
Following abrasion of the skin, embedding of fine dirt particles under the superficial layers of the skin; or as a result of forceful deposit of gunpowder granules. This can be prevented by immediate removal of the particles.
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Removal of tattooing
Use of a ruby laser to “erase” the pigment in an unwanted tattoo. This usually causes no permanent skin changes.
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Taster
A person capable of detecting a particular substance by using the taste sense.
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Taste area
An area in the cerebral cortex at the lower end of the somesthetic area in the parietal lobe.
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Taste blindness
An inability to taste certain substances such as phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). This inability is due to a hereditary factor that is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. The inability to detect specific flavors.
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Cancellation task
A type of cognitive test that measures attention by determining an individual’s ability to select and mark a line through selected target letters or symbols within a larger field of many letters or symbols.
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Tarso-orbital
Concerning the tarsus of the eyelid and the orbit. Associated with the tarsal plate of the upper eyelid.
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Tarsomegaly
An enlargement of the heel bone, the calcaneus. Technically, it refers to the enlargement of the foot’s tarsus, but it’s more often used to describe the growth of the heel bone.
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Tarsomalacia
The softening of the tarsal plate of the eyes. Unusual softening of the tarsal plate in an eyelid.
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