| Treitz's muscle | A broad flat band of smooth muscle and fibrous tissue attached to the right crus of the diaphragm and to the duodenum at its junction with the jejunum. Synonym: musculus suspensorius duodeni, Treitz's ligament, Treitz's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Trelat's sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign; the presence of disseminated yellowish spots in the neighborhood of tuberculous ulcers of the mouth; they are minute tubercles or miliary abscesses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trelat's stools | Glairy stool's streaked with blood, occurring in proctitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trelat, Ulysse | <person> French surgeon, 1828-1890. See: Trelat's stools, Leser-Trelat sign, Trelat's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trellis | A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants. Origin: OE. Relis, F. Treillis, fr. Treille vine arbor, fr. L. Tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor, summer house. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trellised | Having a trellis or trellises. "Cottages trellised over with exotic plants." (Jeffrey) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trema | Synonym: foramen, vulva. Origin: G. Trema, a hole (05 Mar 2000) |
| trematoda | Class of parasitic flukes consisting of three subclasses, monogenea, aspidogastrea, and digenea. The digenetic trematodes are the only ones found in man. They are endoparasites and require two hosts to complete their life cycle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| trematode | <zoology> One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trematode infections | Infections caused by infestation with worms of the class trematoda. (12 Dec 1998) |
| trematodea | <zoology> An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Synonym: Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria. Origin: NL, from Gr. Having holes, from, a hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trematoid | <zoology> F or pertaining to the Trematodea. Origin: From Gr, a hole + form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trembles | An intoxication of cattle, caused by eating white snakeroot, Eupatorium urticaefolium, or the rayless goldenrod; the active agent is a higher alcohol, tremetol, which intoxicated cows eliminate in their milk, causing milk sickness when ingested by humans. Origin: L. Tremulus, trembling, fr. Tremo, to tremble (05 Mar 2000) |
| trembling | Shaking; tottering; quivering. <botany> Trem"blingly, Trembling poplar, the aspen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trembling palsy | <neurology> A group of neurological disorders characterised by hypokinesia, tremor and muscular rigidity. (18 Nov 1997) |