| trim | 1. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. "The hermit trimmed his little fire." (Goldsmith) 2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat. "A rotten building newly trimmed over." (Milton) "I was trimmed in Julia's gown." (Shak) 3. To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree. " And trimmed the cheerful lamp." 4. To dress, as timber; to make smooth. 5. To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat. To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails. 6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. To trim in, to fit, as a piece of timber, into other work. To trim up, to dress; to put in order. "I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead mistress." (Shak) Origin: OE. Trimen, trumen, AS. Trymian, trymman, to prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. Trum firm, strong; of uncertain origin. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments. "Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim." (Sir W. Scott) 2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. " The trim of an encounter." 3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc, by which she is well prepared for sailing. 4. The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points. In ballast trim, that adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| trimalleolar fracture | A fracture through both malleoli and the posterior process of the tibia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trimastigote | Having three flagella, as observed in certain protozoan organisms. Origin: tri-+ G. Mastix, whip (05 Mar 2000) |
| trimebutine | <chemical> Beta-ethyl-beta-dimethylaminophenylethyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate. Proposed spasmolytic with possible local anaesthetic action used in gastrointestinal disorders. Pharmacological action: gastrointestinal agents, parasympatholytics. Chemical name: Benzoic acid, 3,4,5-trimethoxy-, 2-(dimethylamino)-2-phenylbutyl ester (12 Dec 1998) |
| trimecaine | <chemical> Acetanilide derivative used as a local anaesthetic. Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, local. Chemical name: Acetamide, 2-(diethylamino)-N-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| trimedoxime | <chemical> 1,1'-trimethylenebis(4-formylpyridiniumdioxime)dibromide. Cholinesterase reactivator used as an antidote in alkyl phosphate poisoning. Pharmacological action: antidotes, cholinesterase reactivators. Chemical name: Pyridinium, 1,1'-(1,3-propanediyl)bis(4-((hydroxyimino)methyl)-, dibromide (12 Dec 1998) |
| trimellic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid. Origin: Pref. Tri- + L. Mel, gen. Mellis, honey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trimeprazine | <chemical> A phenothiazine derivative that is effective as an antipruritic. Pharmacological action: antipruritics. Chemical name: 10H-Phenothiazine-10-propanamine, N,N,beta-trimethyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| trimeprazine tartrate | 10-[3-(Dimethylamino)-2-methylpropyl]phenothiazine tartrate;a phenothiazine compound related chemically and pharmacologically to promazine but with a more pronounced histamine-antagonizing action; used for the symptomatic relief of pruritus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trimer | A compound, complex, or structure made up of three components. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trimera | <zoology> A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi. Origin: NL. See Tri-, and -mere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trimeran | <zoology> One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trimeresurus | A genus of snakes of the family viperidae. About 30 species are currently recognised, found in southeast asia and adjacent island chains. The okinawa habu frequently enters dwellings in search of rats and mice; the chinese habu is often found in suburban and agricultural areas. They are quite irritable. (moore: poisonous snakes of the world, 1980, p136) (12 Dec 1998) |
| trimerous | <botany> Of a flower, having three segments in each perianth whorl and usually in each whorl of stamens as well. (09 Oct 1997) |
| trimesitic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance. Alternative forms: trimesic. Origin: Pref. Tri- + mesitylene + -ic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |