Transplantation
* complex, long-term process of which the actual surgery is only one element.
* focuses on diseases that have gone beyond the stage of reversibility.
* is also the best long-term treatment for kidney failure
  - an accepted form of medical treatment because transplants do work
  - movement
  - now a standard form of treatment for advanced disease
  - only one of many treatments for heart disease
* is the most exciting field in medicine and surgery
  - natural solution to kidney failure
  - only hope for patients with liver failure
  - preferred treatment for certain people
  - treatment of choice for children
* leads to normal, productive lives.
* offers many heart-failure patients a better chance of survival than drug therapy.
* treatment of the tumor and the underlying liver disease.
* viable option in the management of end stage heart failure.

Tapering
* is used to create the tip and tang of the blade.
* provides a decrease in drag and increase in lift which is most effective at high speeds.

Tracheae
* Most tracheae divide into airways
  - enter thoraxes
  - retain dead air
* Some tracheae are part of bodies
  - necks
  - divide into tubes

Torre
* is an unknown quantity to Murray.
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  * Torres also participates in kickboxing.

Toxic megacolon
* can occur with associated risk of perforation.
* is one of the most important complications of ulcerative colitis.

Tsunamis
* are extremely destructive to life and property.
* are gigantic sea or ocean waves
  - versions of the ripples produced by a pebble tossed into a still pond
  - huge ocean waves caused by earthquakes, or volcanoes that erupt under water
  - immense sea waves
  - much longer and travel much faster than ordi- nary wind waves
  - mysterious creatures, waves both deadly and unexpected
  - ocean waves produced by earthquakes or underwater landslides
  - sea waves generated by an abrupt displacement of large volumes of water
  - seismic sea waves, having nothing to do with the tides
  - unlike other ocean waves
* bear little resemblance to the breaking waves familiar to beachgoers and surfers.
* become dangerous when they approach land.
* can be devastating on populated coastlines
  - cause great devastation and loss of life
* can destroy towns with their crushing walls of water
  - whole coastal communities
  - move faster than a person can run
* can occur anywhere, but are most common in the Pacific Ocean
  - at any time, day or night
  - in any of the oceanic regions, but are most common in the Pacific Ocean
  - originate hundreds or even thousands of miles away from coastal areas
  - result from earthquakes
  - savagely attack coastlines, causing devastating property damage and loss of life
* can travel across the Pacific
  - thousands of miles with little loss of energy
  - up rivers and streams that lead to the ocean
* do slow down as they approach land because the water is shallower there.
* have long periods and can overcome obstacles such as gulfs, bays and islands
  - no connection with the weather nor with tides
  - several remarkable features
* is the Japanese word for giant ocean waves.
* kill people.
* roar and people die.
* tend to have periods of five minutes to as much as an hour.
* travel outward in all directions from the epicenter of an earthquake
  - swiftly across the open ocean
* typically cause the most severe damage and casualties very near their source
  - emerge in oceans, usually after a quake drops or lifts part of the seafloor

Telemetry
* facilitates long-term recording of gastrointestinal myoelectrical activity in pigs.
* fundamental tool for wildlife research and applications.
* is important in water management, including water quality and stream gauging functions
  - remote data acquisition