| Turck's tract | Uncrossed fibres forming a small bundle in the pyramidal tract. See: pyramidal tract. Synonym: tractus corticospinalis anterior, tractus pyramidalis anterior, anterior corticospinal tract, anterior pyramidal fasciculus, direct pyramidal tract, fasciculus corticospinalis anterior, fasciculus pyramidalis anterior, Turck's bundle, Turck's column, Turck's tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Turck, Ludwig | <person> Austrian neurologist, 1810-1868. See: Turck's bundle, Turck's column, Turck's degeneration, Turck's tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turcoman | 1. A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea. 2. A Turcoman carpet. Turcoman carpet or rug, a kind of carpet or rug supposed to be made by the Turcomans. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turcot syndrome | <radiology> Autosomal recessive, onset in teens, GI-tract adenomas, CNS tumours (especially supratentorial glioblastoma) most likely to be death, possible variant of Gardner syndrome Cf: polyposis syndromes (12 Dec 1998) |
| turdiformes | <ornithology> A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds. Origin: NL, fr. L. Turdus a thrush + forma form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turdus | <ornithology> A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes. Origin: L, a thrush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turf | Origin: AS. Turf; akin to D. Turf peat, G. Torf, OHG. Zurba turf, Sw. & Icel. Torf turf, peat, Dan. Torv, Skr. Darbha a kind of grass, a tuft of grass. 1. That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod. "At his head a grass-green turf." (Shak) "The Greek historian sets her in the field on a high heap of turves." (Milton) 2. Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat. 3. Race course; horse racing; preceded by the. "We . . . Claim the honors of the turf." Turf is often used adjectively, or to form compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, turf ashes, turf cutter or turf-cutter, turf pit or turf-pit, turf-built, turf-clad, turf-covered, etc. <zoology> Turf ant, a small European ant (Formica flava) which makes small ant-hills on heaths and commons. Turf drain, a drain made with turf or peat. Turf hedge, a hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds. Turf house, a house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe. Turf moss a tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land. Turf spade, a spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turgescence | Synonym: tumescence. Origin: L. Turgesco, to begin to swell, fr. Turgeo, to swell (05 Mar 2000) |
| turgescent | Denoting tumescence. Synonym: turgescent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turgid | <physiology> Swollen due to high fluid content. Compare: flaccid. (09 Oct 1997) |
| turgometer | A device for measuring turgor, or turgescence, particularly of the skin. Origin: turgor + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| turgor | <physiology> The pressure within cells, especially plant cells, derived from osmotic pressure differences between the inside and outside of the cell giving rise to mechanical rigidity of the cells. Turgor drives cell expansion and certain movements such as the closing or opening of stomata. (18 Nov 1997) |
| turio | Origin: L. <botany> A shoot or sprout from the ground. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turion | <botany> A young, scaly shoot budded off from underground stems. A detachable winter bud used for overwintering in many aquatic plants. (09 Oct 1997) |
| turista | Term for traveler's diarrhoea, of Mexican derivation. Origin: Sp. Tourist (05 Mar 2000) |