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Compressed tablet
A tablet made by forcibly compressing powdered medications into the desired shape to decrease heir solubility. These tablets may be very hard and not readily soluble.
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Coated tablet
A type of tablet usually made by enclosing a drug in a protective shell.
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Buccal tablet
A tablet designed to be placed in the mouth and held between the cheek and gum until dissolved and absorbed through the buccal mucosa.
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Tablespoon
A rough measure, equal approx, to 15 ml of fluid. To administer a tablespoon of medicine, 15 ml of the substance should be given.
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Water table
The level at which rock or any underground stratum is saturated with water. This overlies an impervious stratum.
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Tilt table
A table that can be inclined or tipped over while a person is strapped to it. It is used to study patients with loss of consciousness of unknown cause. Also referred to as a tiltboard, this device is used to rotate an individual from a horizontal position to an oblique or vertical orientation.
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Table of the skull
The inner and outer layers of a cranial bone, made of compact bone. These are separated by diploe, spongy bone that contains red bone marrow.
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Tablature
The structure of a cranial bone consisting of outer and inner layers of compact bone separated by spongy bone, the diploe.
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Diabetic tabes
Peripheral neuritis affecting diabetics; may affect the spinal cord and simulate tabes caused by syphilis.
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Tabella
A medicated mass of material formed into a small disk.
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