| tentorial surface | Those areas of the occipital lobe (inferior aspect) and the cerebellum (superior aspect) that are apposed to the superior and inferior surfaces, respectively, of the tentorium cerebelli. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tentorium | <anatomy> A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium. Origin: L, a tent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentorium of hypophysis | A fold of dura mater extending transversely across the sella turcica and roofing over the hypophyseal fossa; it is perforated in its centre for the passage of the infundibulum. Synonym: diaphragma sellae, diaphragm sellae, tentorium of hypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tentwort | <botany> A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See Wall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenuazonic acid | <chemical> 3-acetyl-5-sec-butyl-4-hydroxy-3-pyrrolin-2-one. A metabolite found in a strain of the fungus alternaria tenuis auct. Which functions as an antibiotic with antiviral and antineoplastic properties, and may also act as a mycotoxin. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antineoplastic, antiviral agents. Chemical name: 2H-Pyrrol-2-one, 3-acetyl-1,5-dihydro-4-hydroxy-5-(1-methylpropyl)-, (S-(R*,R*))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| tenuiexenous | <plant biology> Of a pollen grain, with a thin exine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| tenuifolious | <botany> Having thin or narrow leaves. Origin: L. Tenuis thin + folium a leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenuin | <protein> Sub plasmalemmal protein (400 kD) from adherens junctions, associated with membrane insertions of microfilament bundles and membrane adjacent to circumferential microfilament bundles of epithelial cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| tenuiroster | Origin: NL, fr. L. Tenuis thin + rostrum a beak. <zoology> One of the Tenuirostres. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenuirostral | <ornithology> Thin-billed; applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenuirostres | <ornithology> An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenuity | 1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair. 2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. 3. Poverty; indigence. 4. Refinement; delicacy. Origin: L. Tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. Tenuite. See Tenuous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |