| tamias | <zoology> A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A distributer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tamil | 1. <ethnology> One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India. 2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian. Origin: Written also Tamul. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tamis | 1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth. 2. The cloth itself; tammy. <zoology> Tamis bird, a Guinea fowl. Origin: F, a kind of sieve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Tamm, Igor | <person> U.S. Virologist, *1922. See: Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein, Tamm-Horsfall protein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tamm-Horsfall protein | tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein |
| tamm-horsfall protein deposition | <radiology> Also known as stasis nephropathy, perinatal renal insult of less severe degree than acute cortical necrosis, prolonged nephograms on IV urograms, renal ultrasound: increased echogenicity in central portions of pyramids, preservation of hypoechoic peripheral medulla, due to deposition of Tamm-Horsfall protein in the tubules, Benign course, usually resolves completely Stephen H. Hite, M.D. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tamoxifen | <drug> An antioestrogen drug that may be given to women with oestrogen receptive tumours to block oestrogen from entering the breast tissues. May produce menopause-like symptoms, including hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Currently being used with high risk women in clinical trials to prevent breast cancer and women who have had breast cancer to prevent recurrence. (14 May 1997) |
| tamoxifen citrate | (Z)-2-[p-(1,2-Diphenyl-1-butenyl)phenoxy]-N,N-dimethylethylamine citrate (1:1);an anti-oestrogen agent used in the treatment of breast cancer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tamoxifen N-demethylase | <enzyme> Tamoxifen metabolised by cytochrome p-450-dependent mixed function oxidase Registry number: EC 1.5.3.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| tampan | <zoology> A venomous South African tick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tamper | 1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. "'T is dangerous tampering with a muse." (Roscommon) 2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. 3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. "Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert." (Hudibras) Origin: A corruption of temper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tampion | 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use. 2. A plug for upper end of an organ pipe. Origin: F. Tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion Alternative forms: tampeon, and tompion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tampoe | <botany> The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tampon | <surgery> A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine. <surgery> To plug with a tampon. Origin: F. See Tampion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tamponade | The insertion of a tampon. (05 Mar 2000) |