| tur | <zoology> The urus. Origin: Pol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| TUR syndrome | <syndrome> Absorption of glycine from irrigation solution during TUR that the liver cannot metabolise, resulting in increased serum ammonia. Synonym: TUR syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turacin | <physiology> A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turacou | <zoology> Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers. Alternative forms: touraco, and touracou. Origin: Cf. F. Touraco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turacoverdin | <physiology> A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin. See: Turacou, and Verdant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turanians | <ethnology> An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians. A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turanose | 3-O-alpha-d-Glucopyranosyl-d-fructose;a reducing disaccharide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turatt | <zoology> The hare kangaroo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turban | 1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck. 2. A kind of headdress worn by women. 3. <zoology> The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell. Origin: OE. Turband, turbant, tolibant, F. Turban, It. Turbante, Turk. Tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. Dulband. Cf. Tulip. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turban tumour | Cylindroma of the scalp which, when overgrown, may resemble a turban. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turban-shell | <zoology> A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turban-top | <botany> A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, or Gyromitra, esculenta). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Turbatrix | A genus of free-living nematodes in the family Cephalobidae; it includes the species Turbatrix aceti (the vinegar eel), found in old vinegar or in rotting fruits and vegetables. Origin: L. Turbare, to disturb (05 Mar 2000) |
| turbellaria | <zoology> An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdocoela and Dendrocoela. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turbellarian | <zoology> One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |