| topoisomers | Different forms of a closed, circular DNA molecule, in each, only thelinking number differs. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| Topolanski | Alfred, Austrian ophthalmologist, 1861-1960. See: Topolanski's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Topolanski's sign | <clinical sign> Congestion of the pericorneal region of the eye in Graves' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| topology | <study> The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. Origin: Gr. Place. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| toponarcosis | A localised cutaneous anaesthesia. Origin: topo-+ narcosis (05 Mar 2000) |
| toponym | A regional term; one designating a region as distinguished from the name of a structure, system, or organ. Origin: topo-+ G. Onyma, name (05 Mar 2000) |
| toponymy | Topical or regional nomenclature, as distinguished from organonymy. Origin: topo-+ G. Onyma, name (05 Mar 2000) |
| topopathogenesis | Topography of lesions related to their pathogenesis. Origin: topo-+ pathogenesis (05 Mar 2000) |
| topophobia | <psychology> A neurotic dread of or related to a particular place or locality. Origin: topo-+ G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| topophylaxis | Prevention of arsphenamine shock by a tourniquet applied to the limb above the site of injection and its slow release five or six minutes later. Origin: topo-+ G. Phylaxis, protection (05 Mar 2000) |
| toposcope | <instrument> An apparatus to project the electrical activity of the cerebral cortex as a spatial coordinate visual system. Origin: topo-+ G. Skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |
| topotecan | <drug, oncology> This alkaloid chemotherapy drug is a derivative of the drug camptothecin, which was originally isolated from a Chinese tree, Camptotheca acuminata but has also been found in the nothapodytes tree (Nothapodytes foetida).Topotecan is a DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor and is used to treat advanced ovarian cancer. (09 Oct 1997) |
| topothermesthesiometer | <instrument> A device for determining the temperature sense in different parts of the surface. Origin: topo-+ G. Therme, heat, + aisthesis, sensation, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| topotype | <zoology> A specimen collected at the type locality. (09 Jan 1998) |
| topotypical population | <zoology> Population occurring at the type locality from which the type specimen was taken. (09 Jan 1998) |