| transitional cell papilloma | <tumour> A benign papillary tumour of transitional epithelium; in the urinary tract, frequently called transitional cell carcinoma, grade 1, because of the likelihood of its recurrence. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transitional convolution | A small convolution connecting two lobes or two main gyri in the depth of a sulcus. Synonym: annectent gyrus, transitional convolution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transitional denture | A partial denture which is to serve as a temporary prosthesis to which teeth will be added as more teeth are lost, and which will be replaced after postextraction tissue changes have occurred; a transitional denture may become an interim denture when all of the teeth have been removed from the dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transitional element | <cell biology> Region at the boundary of the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi. Transport vesicles are responsible for the transfer of secretory proteins from this part of the rough endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi system. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transitional endoplasmic reticulum | <cell biology> Region at the boundary of the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi. Transport vesicles are responsible for the transfer of secretory proteins from this part of the rough endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi system. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transitional epithelium | A highly distensible pseudostratified epithelium with large polyploid superficial cells that are cuboidal in the relaxed state but broad and squamous in the distended state; occurs in the kidney, ureter, and bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transitional gyrus | A small convolution connecting two lobes or two main gyri in the depth of a sulcus. Synonym: annectent gyrus, transitional convolution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transitional leukocyte | Old term for a monocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transitional zone | The equatorial region of the lens of the eye where the anterior epithelial cells become transformed into lens fibres, that portion of a scleral contact lens between the corneal and scleral sections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transitory | Marked by the quality of passing away: evanescent, transient, of brief duration: existing momentarily: temporary. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt | An interventional radiology procedure to relieve portal hypertension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transketolase | <enzyme> Together with transketolase, links the pentose phosphate pathway with glycolysis by converting pentoses to hexoses. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transketolation | A reaction involving the transfer of a ketole group (HOCH2CO-) from one compound to another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| translate | 1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. "In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome." (Evelyn) 2. To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death. 3. To remove to heaven without a natural death. "By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translatedhim." (Heb. Xi. 5) 4. To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another. "Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . . Refused." 5. To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words. "Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language, what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls." (Macaulay) 6. To change into another form; to transform. "Happy is your grace, That can translatethe stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style." (Shak) 7. <medicine> To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease. 8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance. Origin: f. Translatus, used as p. P. Of transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See Trans-, and Tolerate, and cf. Translation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| translating | Conversion from one language to another language. (12 Dec 1998) |