| TAB vaccine | A suspension of killed typhoid and paratyphoid A and B bacilli. See: typhoid vaccine. Synonym: TAB vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tabanid | Common name for flies of the family Tabanidae. Origin: L. Tabanus, gadfly (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tabanidae | A family of bloodsucking flies that includes the genera Tabanus (horsefly) and Chrysops (deerfly and mango fly), which are involved in transmission of several blood-borne parasites. Origin: L. Tabanus, gadfly (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabanus | <zoology> A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies. Origin: L, horsefly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabardillo | Mexican term for typhus. Origin: Sp., fr. L.L. Tabardilii, pustules (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabasheer | A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilions vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases. Origin: Per. Tabashir: cf. Skr. Tvakkshira, tvakshira. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabatiere anatomique | Synonym: anatomical snuffbox. Origin: Fr. Snuffbox (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabby | Origin: F. Tabis (cf. It. Tabi, Sp. & Pg. Tabi, LL. Attabi), fr. Ar. 'attabi, properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince Attab, great grandson of Omeyya. Cf. Tobine. 1. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. 2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. 3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat. 4. An old maid or gossip. 1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as a tabby waistcoar. 2. Brindled; diversified in colour; as, a tabby cat. <zoology> Tabby moth, the grease moth. See Grease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabby cat striation | Linear whitish or yellowish markings on the fatty degenerated heart muscle. Synonym: tabby cat striation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabefaction | A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease. See: Tabefy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabella | A medicated tablet or lozenge. Origin: L. Dim. Of tabula, tablet (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabellion | A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy. Origin: L. Tabellio, fr. Tabella a tablet, a writing, document, dim. Of tabula a board: cf. F. Tabellion. See Table. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabernacle | 1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. "Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob." (Heb. Xi. 9) "Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves." (Evelyn) 2. A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. (Ex. Xxvi) 3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. 4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul. "Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle." (2 Pet. I. 14) 5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable. A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture. Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like. A tryptich for sacred imagery. A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy. 6. A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc. Feast of Tabernacles, one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Origin: F, fr. L. Tabernaculum, dim. Of taberna nut. See Tabern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabes | <medicine> Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms. Tabes dorsalis [NL, tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; sometimes called simply tabes. Tabes mesenterica [NL, mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterised by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration. Origin: L, a wasting disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tabes dorsalis | A condition that results from the destruction of the dorsal columns in the spinal cord, normally responsible for position sense. Loss of position sense causes severe gait and leg ataxia (balance and motor control problems). Tabes dorsalis can be the result of spinal cord injury or infection (syphilis). Results in a staggering wide-based gait, postural instability, pain and paresthesias. (27 Sep 1997) |