| technology, dental | The field of dentistry involved in procedures for designing and constructing dental appliances. It includes also the application of any technology to the field of dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| technology, high-cost | Advanced technology that is costly, requires highly skilled personnel, and is unique in its particular application. Includes innovative, specialised medical/surgical procedures as well as advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology, medical | The application of scientific knowledge or technology to the field of medicine. It includes a variety of medical diagnostic and clinical laboratory procedures. Medical technology is also considered a specialty. (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology, medical laboratory | The application of scientific knowledge or technology in medical laboratories as facilities equipped to carry out investigative procedures in the diagnosis and therapy of disease. It includes methods, techniques, and instrumentation used in medical laboratories. (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology, pharmaceutical | The application of scientific knowledge or technology to pharmacy, pharmacology, and the pharmaceutical industry. It includes methods, techniques, and instrumentation in the manufacture, preparation, compounding, dispensing, packaging, and storing of drugs and other preparations used in diagnostic and determinative procedures and in the treatment of patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology, radiologic | The application of scientific knowledge or technology to the field of radiology. The applications centre mostly around X-ray or radioisotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes but the technological applications of any radiation or radiologic procedure is within the scope of radiologic technology. (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology, recombinant DNA | A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is constructed (recombined) from segments from 2 or more different DNA molecules. Under certain conditions, a recombinant DNA molecule can enter a cell and replicate there, autonomously (on its own) or after it has become integrated into a chromosome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| teclothiazide | 6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-3-trichloromethyl-2H-1,2,4 -benzothiadiazine-7-sulfonamide 1,1-dioxide;a diuretic of the thiazide type. Synonym: teclothiazide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tectal | Relating to a tectum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tectal nucleus | The most medial of the cerebellar nuclei, lying medial to the interpositus nucleus, near the midline, in the white matter underneath the vermis of the cerebellar cortex. It receives the axons of Purkinje cells from all parts of the vermis. Its major projection is to the vestibular nuclei and medullary reticular formation. Synonym: nucleus fastigii, fastigatum, nucleus tecti, roof nucleus, tectal nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tectal stria | A thin longitudinal band of nerve fibres accompanied by gray matter, near each outer edge of the upper surface of the corpus callosum under cover of the cingulate gyru. Synonym: stria longitudinalis lateralis, stria tecta, tectal stria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tectibranch | <zoology> One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tectibranchiata | <zoology> An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples. Origin: NL, fr. L. Tectus (p.p. Of tegere to cover) + Gr. A gill. (01 Mar 1998) |
| tectibranchiate | <zoology> Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata. A tectibranchiate mollusk. Origin: L. Tectus (p.p. Of tegere to cover) + E. Branchiate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tectiform | Roof-shaped. (05 Mar 2000) |