| telangiectodes | A term used to qualify highly vascular tumours. Origin: telangiectasis + G. -odes, fr. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
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| telangioma | <tumour> Angioma due to dilation of the capillaries or terminal arterioles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangion | One of the terminal arterioles or a capillary vessel. Synonym: trichangion. Origin: G. Telos, end, + angeion, vessel (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiosis | Any disease of the capillaries and terminal arterioles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tele- | Distance, end, other end. Origin: G. Tele, distant, telos, end (05 Mar 2000) |
| telecanthus | Increased distance between the medial canthi of the eyelids. Synonym: canthal hypertelorism. Origin: G. Tele, distant, + kanthos, canthus (05 Mar 2000) |
| telecardiogram | An electrocardiogram recorded at a distance from the subject being tested; e.g., the electrocardiogram obtained through telemetry, or, as with a galvanometer in the laboratory, being connected by a wire with the patient in another room. Synonym: telecardiogram. Origin: G. Tele, distant, + electrocardiogram (05 Mar 2000) |
| telecardiophone | A specially constructed stethoscope by means of which heart sounds can be heard by listeners at a distance from the patient. Origin: G. Tele, distant, + kardia, heart, + phone, sound (05 Mar 2000) |
| telecobalt | Teletherapy using radioactive cobalt as the source. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telecommunications | Transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, or data of any nature by wire, radio, or other electromagnetic equipment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| telediagnosis | Detection of a disease by evaluation of data transmitted to a receiving station, a process normally involving patient-monitoring instruments and a transfer link to a diagnostic centre at some distance from the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telediastolic | Pertaining to or occurring toward the end of ventricular diastole. Origin: G. Telos, end, + diastole, dilation (05 Mar 2000) |
| teledu | <zoology> An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odour that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Synonym: stinking badger, and stinkard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| telefacsimile | A telecommunication system combining the transmission of a document scanned at a transmitter, its reconstruction at a receiving station, and its duplication there by a copier. (12 Dec 1998) |
| telegram | A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch. "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." Origin: Gr. Far + -gram. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |