| tornado | Origin: From Sp. Or Pg. Tornar to turn, return, L. Tornare to turn, hence, a whirling wind. The Sp. & Pg. Tornada is a return. See Turn. <meteorology> A violent whirling wind; specifically, a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tornado epilepsy | A type of focal epilepsy or partial seizure with an aura of severe vertigo and a feeling of being drawn up into space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tornaria | Origin: NL, fr. L. Tornare to turn. <zoology> The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Tornwaldt | Gustavus Ludwig, German physician, 1843-1910. See: Tornwaldt's abscess, Tornwaldt's cyst, Tornwaldt's disease, Tornwaldt's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tornwaldt's abscess | Chronic infection of the pharyngeal bursa. See: Tornwaldt's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tornwaldt's cyst | <anatomy> A cystic notochordal remnant found inconstantly in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the lower end of the pharyngeal tonsil. Synonym: bursa pharyngea, Luschka's bursa, Tornwaldt's cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tornwaldt's disease | Inflammation or obstruction of the pharyngeal bursa or an adenoid cleft with the formation of a cyst containing pus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tornwaldt's syndrome | <syndrome> Nasopharyngeal discharge, occipital headache, and stiffness of posterior cervical muscles, with halitosis due to chronic infection of the pharyngeal bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |