thermoreceptor
A nerve cell that is sensitive to changes in temperature

thermoreceptors
plural of thermoreceptor

thermostasis
The maintenance of a constant bodily temperature

thickneck
A thuggish enforcer; a goon.
An onion that fails to develop a bulb.

thicknecks
plural of thickneck

thickskull
A dullard; a blockhead.

thickskulls
plural of thickskull

thighbone
The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.

thighbones
plural of thighbone

thighbrow
The crease or line formed between a woman's thigh and hip when the leg is lifted.

thighing
masturbation by rubbing the penis between another's thighs

thioperamide
A potent histamine antagonist that crosses the blood-brain barrier.

thoracalgia
pain in the thorax

thoracocyllosis
A deformity of the thorax

thoracodorsalis
The thoracodorsal nerve.

thoracodynia
Pain in the thorax.

thoracography
Synonym of pleurography.

thoracoplasties
plural of thoracoplasty

thoracoplasty
Surgery of the chest, usually involving removal of ribs.

thoracopygidium
A fossilised trilobite specimen comprising the thorax and pygidium.

thoracotomies
plural of thoracotomy

thoracotomy
The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.

thraustochytrid
Any protist in the order Thraustochytriales (syn. Thraustochytrida), that produce a network of filaments or tubes, on which the cells move and from which they absorb nutrients.

thraustochytrids
plural of thraustochytrid

thrombasthenia
An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.

thrombasthenias
plural of thrombasthenia

thrombendarterectomies
plural of thrombendarterectomy

thrombendarterectomy
Alternative form of thrombendarteriectomy.

thrombendarteriectomies
plural of thrombendarteriectomy

thrombendarteriectomy
An operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery

thrombendoarterectomy
Etymologically incorrect rare spelling of thrombendarteriectomy.

thromboasthenia
Alternative form of thrombasthenia.

thromboblast
A precursor to a platelet/thrombocyte.

thromboblasts
plural of thromboblast

thrombocypenia
Misspelling of thrombocytopenia.

thrombocyte
platelet

thrombocytes
plural of thrombocyte

thrombocytoasthenia
Synonym of thrombocytopenia.

thrombocytogenesis
The generation and development of thrombocytes

thrombocytopaenia
Alternative spelling of thrombocytopenia.

thrombocytopaenias
plural of thrombocytopaenia

thrombocytopenia
An abnormally low number of platelets in the blood.

thrombocytopenias
plural of thrombocytopenia

thrombocytophilia
The affinity for platelets.

thromboendarterectomies
plural of thromboendarterectomy

thromboendarterectomy
Alternative form of thrombendarteriectomy.

thromboendarteriectomies
plural of thromboendarteriectomy

thromboendarteriectomy
Alternative spelling of thrombendarteriectomy.

thromboendoarterectomies
plural of thromboendoarterectomy

thromboendoarterectomy
Alternative form of thrombendarteriectomy.

thromboendoarteriectomy
Alternative spelling of thrombendarteriectomy.

thromboendoarterioectomy
Rare spelling of thrombendarteriectomy.

thromboendovenectomy
The removal of a blood clot and a vein from within the body.

thromboerythrocyte
An erythrocyte modified to act like a platelet substitute.

thrombomucin
A cell surface protein associated with thrombocytes

thrombopathies
plural of thrombopathy

thrombopathy
A defect of blood platelets that disrupts clotting

thrombopenia
Alternative form of thrombocytopenia.

thrombopenias
plural of thrombopenia

thromboregulation
The modulation of blood platelet activity; especially its promotion by erythrocytes and inhibition by neutrophils

thrombostasis
The stopping of blood flow due to blood clot formation.

thrombovaricophlebitis
Alternative form of varicothrombophlebitis.

thromobocytopenia
Misspelling of thrombocytopenia.

throphoblast
Misspelling of trophoblast.

thumbprinting
A radiologic sign found on a lateral C-spine radiograph, with a thickened free edge of the epiglottis resembling the distal thumb, that suggests a diagnosis of epiglottitis.

thymocyte
a lymphocyte, produced in the thymus, that develops into a T cell

thymocytes
plural of thymocyte

thymopoesis
Misspelling of thymopoiesis.

thymopoieisis
Misspelling of thymopoiesis.

thymopoiesis
The production of thymocytes, which later become T cells.

thymoproteasome
A proteasome expressed by cortical thymic epithelial cells

thymoproteasomes
plural of thymoproteasome

thyraden
A dried extract of the thyroid gland.

thyreoepiglotticus
Alternative form of thyroepiglotticus.

thyroblast
An immature thyroid cell

thyroblasts
plural of thyroblast

thyrocyte
A thyroid epithelial cell

thyrocytes
plural of thyrocyte

thyrodoxin
A selenium-dependent peroxidase present in the thyroid

thyroepiglotticus
The thyroepiglottic muscle.

thyroglobin
A globin produced by the thyroid gland

thyrohyal
One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in humans.

thyrohyals
plural of thyrohyal

thyroidectomies
plural of thyroidectomy

thyroidectomy
The surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland.

thyromegaly
An abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland.

thyroparathyroidectomies
plural of thyroparathyroidectomy

thyroparathyroidectomy
Surgical removal of both the thyroid and parathyroid glands.

thyropharyngei
plural of thyropharyngeus

thyropharyngeus
The superior part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the thyroid cartilage.

thyroplasties
plural of thyroplasty

thyroplasty
A procedure in which the cartilages of the larynx are adjusted in order to improve voice quality

thyroprotection
protection of the thyroid from thyrotoxins

thyrotomies
plural of thyrotomy

thyrotomy
An incision into the thyroid cartilage.

thyrotropinoma
An adenoma of the thyrotropic cells of the pituitary gland

thysanuran
Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order Thysanura (now Zygentoma), which have three long caudal filaments.

thysanurans
plural of thysanuran

thysanurian
Alternative form of thysanuran.

thysanurians
plural of thysanurian

tibiales
plural of tibialis

tibialis
Either of two muscles that attach to the tibia.

tibiofibula
A bone, in some reptiles and amphibians, that is formed by fusion of the tibia and fibula

tibiofibulae
plural of tibiofibula

tibiofibulas
plural of tibiofibula

tierceron
A type of rib in Gothic vaulting, springing from the intersection of two other ribs.

tiercerons
plural of tierceron

tigerskin
The skin of a tiger

tigerskins
plural of tigerskin

tirasse
A pedal-coupler in organ-building.

tirasses
plural of tirasse

tmema
A segment or section.
A cell ruptured in setting free a moss-gemma.

tmemata
plural of tmema

toadskin
the skin of a toad, or leather made therefrom

toadskins
plural of toadskin

tocostome
An egg-laying orifice.

todger
A penis.

todgers
plural of todger