trichophore
The special cell in red algae which produces or bears a trichogyne.
One of the sac-like organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

trichophores
plural of trichophore

trichorexis
Alternative form of trichorrhexis.

trichorrhexis
brittleness of the hair

trichoscalid
hairlike scalid

trichoscalids
plural of trichoscalid

trichosclereid
A hard needle-like branched cell found in some plants, serving as protection from herbivores.

trichosclereids
plural of trichosclereid

triconodont
A tooth having three conical cusps.
Any extinct mammal of the paraphyletic order †Triconodonta, partially replaced by †Eutriconodonta.

triconodonts
plural of triconodont

trigeminality
A sensation of the trigeminal nerve.
The state or quality of being trigeminal.

trigone
One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, bounded by the apertures of the ureters and urethra; a similar region of a mitral valve

trigones
plural of trigone

trigonid
The shearing end of a tribosphenic molar.

trigonids
plural of trigonid

triheme
Three heme groups in a hemoprotein

trilabe
A three-pronged surgical instrument for removing calculi from the bladder.

triorchidism
A form of polyorchidism characterized by the presence of three testes.

tripomastigote
Alternative form of trypomastigote.

tripomastigotes
plural of tripomastigote

tripotential
The potential of a stem cell to develop into three different types of cell.

triquetrectomy
Surgical removal or excision of the triquetral bone.

triquetrum
The triquetral bone
An astronomical instrument.

trisectionectomies
plural of trisectionectomy

trisectionectomy
The resection of three segments (typically, of the liver)

trisegmentectomies
plural of trisegmentectomy

trisegmentectomy
Synonym of trisectionectomy.

tritan
Clipping of tritanopia.

tritanopia
A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color blue, resulting in an inability to distinguish blue from green.

tritanopias
plural of tritanopia

tritoria
plural of tritorium

tritorium
A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.

tritosternum
The sternite of the segment bearing the first pair of walking legs.

trituberculism
Synonym of trituberculy.

trituberculy
A theory of the development of mammalian molar teeth.

triturium
Alternative form of tritorium.

trochin
The lesser tuberosity of the head of the humerus.

trochiter
The greater tuberosity of the humerus, admitting several of the muscles of the shoulders.

trochiters
plural of trochiter

trochoblast
Any cell that has cilia borne on a trochophore.

trochoblasts
plural of trochoblast

trogosome
A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by trogocytosis

trogosomes
plural of trogosome

trophism
Any specific form of nutrition involving the tissue of another organism

trophisms
plural of trophism

trophoblast
The membrane of cells that forms the wall of a blastocyst during early pregnancy, providing nutrients to the embryo and later developing into part of the placenta.

trophoblasts
plural of trophoblast

trophocyte
Any cell that provides nutrition

trophocytes
plural of trophocyte

trophoderm
A trophoblast together with the vascular mesodermal layer underlying it

tropotaxes
plural of tropotaxis

tropotaxis
Movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors are equally balanced.

trypomastigote
A stage in the unicellular life cycle, typically of trypanosomes, where the flagellum is posterior of the nucleus, and connected to the cell body by a long undulating membrane.

trypomastigotes
plural of trypomastigote

tryptase
Any of a group of serine proteinase contained in mast cells

tryptases
plural of tryptase

tsukiotoshi
A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent down using a thrusting movement on his rib cage or shoulder.

tubercle
A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

tubercles
plural of tubercle

tubercula
plural of tuberculum

tubercule
Alternative form of tubercle.

tubercules
plural of tubercule

tuberculid
Any of a group of skin conditions associated with an underlying or silent focus of tuberculosis.

tuberculids
plural of tuberculid

tuberculum
tubercle

tuberculums
plural of tuberculum

tubik
A skin tent used by the Inuit.

tubiks
plural of tubik.

tubularisation
Alternative form of tubularization.

tubularisations
plural of tubularisation

tubularization
The organization of tissue into the forms of tubes

tubularizations
plural of tubularization

tubulinopathies
plural of tubulinopathy

tubulinopathy
Any malformation of the cortex caused by a defect in the encoding of tubulin

tubulization
The repair of a severed nerve (following neurorrhaphy) by placing the nerve ends in a tube of paraffin or similar material.

tubulizations
plural of tubulization

tubulointerstitia
plural of tubulointerstitium

tubulointerstitium
The tubules and interstitial tissue of the kidneys

tubulomorphogenesis
The morphogenesis of tubules

tubulovesicle
A tubular vesicle associated with parietal cells.

tubulovesicles
plural of tubulovesicle

tuchi
plural of tuchus

tuchus
The buttocks, rear end, butt.

tuffisite
A vein within volcanic conduits or lava domes that is filled with sintered pyroclastic particles.

tuftelin
An acidic phosphorylated glycoprotein found in tooth enamel, and formed for a short time during amelogenesis.

tuftelins
plural of tuftelin

tummie
Rare spelling of tummy.

tummies
plural of tummy
plural of tummie

tummy
The stomach or belly.
The stomach or belly.
The stomach or belly.

tummyache
Any pain in the stomach or abdomen.

tummyaches
plural of tummyache

turbinectomies
plural of turbinectomy

turbinectomy
The removal of some or all of the turbinate bones of the nose, used to relieve nasal obstruction.

turbinotomies
plural of turbinotomy

turbinotomy
Incision into the turbinate bone.

tuscor
a tush (canine tooth) of a horse.

tuscors
plural of tuscor

twistometry
The measurement of the skin's elasticity.

twitchet
The vulva or vagina.

twitchets
plural of twitchet

twixtbrain
Synonym of diencephalon.

tylotes
plural of tylote

tympanectomies
plural of tympanectomy

tympanectomy
Excision of the tympanic membrane.

tympanometries
plural of tympanometry

tympanometry
An examination to test the condition of the middle ear and mobility of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the ossicular chain by creating variations of air pressure in the ear canal.

tympanosclerosis
calcification of the tissue of the eardrum and middle ear

tympanoscopies
plural of tympanoscopy

tympanoscopy
Visual examination of the eardrum or tympanic membrane

typhla
plural of typhlon

typhlon
The caecum, or blind gut.

typhlosole
A fold in the surface of the intestines of some invertebrates etc that increases its digestive surface area.

typhlosoles
plural of typhlosole

udder
An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
A woman's breast.

udders
plural of udder

udjat
Synonym of Eye of Horus.

udjats
plural of udjat

ulegyria
A form of cortical scarring in the deep regions of the sulcus that leads to distortion of the gyri, often caused by hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in the perinatal period.

ulna
The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

ulnae
plural of ulna

ulnas
plural of ulna