| TS | Takayasu syndrome; Tay-Sachs; temperature sensitivity; temperature, skin; temporal stem; tensile str... |
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| TSD | target-skin distance; Tay-Sachs disease; theory of signal detectability |
| Tay-Sachs carrier | <genetics> One who carries the recessive gene that is responsible for Tay-Sachs disease. Genetic testing for this fatal disease is crucial so that Tay-Sachs carriers can be identified and provided with genetic counseling. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| Tay-Sachs disease | <disease> A genetic disorder found in east European Jewish families which can result in early death bu affecting the brain and nerves by causing abnormal lipid metabolism. It is a lysosomal disease in which there is a deficiency of hexosaminidase A, an enzyme that degrades ganglioside GM2. Symptoms appear at age 3-6 months and include blindness, deafness, seizures, paralysis, dementia, decreased muscle tone and growth retardation. There is no known treatment and most children usually die between 2 and 5 years of age. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. (06 Oct 1997) |
| Tyrode, Maurice | <person> U.S. Pharmacologist, 1878-1930. See: Tyrode's solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Favre, Maurice | <person> French physician, 1876-1954. See: Gamna-Favre bodies, Nicolas-Favre disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lev, Maurice | <person> U.S. Pathologist, *1908. See: Lev's disease, Lev's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |