| Topinard's line | A line running between the glabella and the mental point. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| topistic | Denoting an anatomically defined region in the nervous system. Origin: G. Topos, place (05 Mar 2000) |
| topknot | 1. A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women. "A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot." (Sir W. Scott) 2. <zoology> A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| topmost | Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree. "The nightngale may claim the topmost bough." (Cowper) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| topo- | Top- Place, topical. Origin: G. Topos (05 Mar 2000) |
| topoanesthesia | Synonym: topagnosis. Origin: topo-+ anaesthesia (05 Mar 2000) |
| topognosis | Topognosia Recognition of the location of a sensation; in the case of touch, topesthesia. Origin: topo-+ G. Gnosis, knowledge (05 Mar 2000) |
| topogometer | A movable fixation target attached to the front of a keratometer, used in fitting contact lenses to measure the curvatures of the cornea in its peripheral zones. Origin: topo-+ G. Gonia, angle, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| topographer | One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land. "Dante is the one authorised topographer of the mediaeval hell." (Milman) Origin: Cf. F. Topographe, Cr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| topographic | Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place. Topograph"ically, Topographical map. See Cadastral. Topographical surveying. See Surveying. Origin: Cf. F. Topographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| topographic anatomy | An approach to anatomical study based on regions, parts, or divisions of the body (e.g., the foot or the inguinal region), emphasizing the relationships of various systemic structures (e.g., muscles, nerves, and arteries) within that area; distinguished from systemic anatomy. Synonym: topographic anatomy, topology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| topographic map | <anatomy, neurology> The spatially ordered projection of neurons onto their target, for example in the retino tectal projection, retinal ganglion cell axons project along the optic nerve to the contralateral tectum where they ramify to form terminal arbors. The target sites of the terminal arbors are ordered: neurons from a specific region of the retina consistently project to a specific region of the tectum, forming a map of the retina on the tectum. (18 Nov 1997) |
| topographical | Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place. Topograph"ically, Topographical map. See Cadastral. Topographical surveying. See Surveying. Origin: Cf. F. Topographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| topographical control | Those phenomena of cell behaviour in which the shape of the local substrate of the cell affects its behaviour. See: contact guidance. (18 Nov 1997) |
| topographist | A topographer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |