| tube teeth | Artificial teeth constructed with a vertical, cylindric aperture extending from the centre of the base up into the body of the tooth into which a pin may be placed or cast for the attachment of the tooth to a denture base. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tube-nosed | <ornithology> Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; said of certain sea birds. Belonging to the Tubinares. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tube-shell | <zoology> Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubectomy | Synonym: salpingectomy. Origin: L. Tuba, tube, + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubed flap | A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubed pedicle flap | A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubelength mechanical | <microscopy> This distance is measured from where the objective screws on to where the eyepiece fits in. The American standard mechanical tubelength is 160 mm. For Leitz objectives it was once 170 mm. (05 Aug 1998) |
| tubelength optical | <microscopy> This distance is measured from the upper focal plane of the objective to the image formed by the objective alone upon removal of the eyepiece. A light microscope so arranged that the specimen, usually a solid-liquid colloid or suspension, is illuminated by a strong pencil of light at right angles to the microscope axis. The visibility is limited by the intensity of the light source. A laser can be used as the source. It is used to detect the presence of light-ultramicroscopic particles within the range of about 0.005,um to 0.2 ~m. Not to be confused with an electron microscope. (05 Aug 1998) |
| tuber | A starchy storage organ (such as a potato) formed by swelling of an underground stem or the distal end of a root. (09 Oct 1997) |
| tuber anterius | Layer of gray matter in the hypothalamus that also forms part of the floor of the third ventricle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuber calcanei | The posterior extremity of the calcaneus, or os calcis, forming the projection of the heel. Synonym: tuber calcanei, calcaneal tuber, tuber calcis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuber calcis | The posterior extremity of the calcaneus, or os calcis, forming the projection of the heel. Synonym: tuber calcanei, calcaneal tuber, tuber calcis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuber cinereum | Layer of gray matter in the hypothalamus that also forms part of the floor of the third ventricle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuber cochleae | A rounded eminence on the labyrinthine wall of the middle ear, caused by the first coil of the cochlea. Synonym: promontorium cavi tympani, tuber cochleae, tympanic promontory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuber corporis callosi | splenium of corpus callosum |