| Tiedemann's gland | One of two mucoid-secreting tubuloalveolar glands on either side of the lower part of the vagina, the equivalent of the bulbourethral glands in the male; ensheathed with vestibular bulbs by ischiocavernosus muscles. Thus erection and muscle contraction cause secretion into vestibule of vagina. Synonym: glandula vestibularis major, Bartholin's gland, Duverney's gland, Tiedemann's gland, vulvovaginal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Tiedemann's nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A sympathetic nerve accompanying the central artery of the retina in the optic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tiedemann, Friedrich | <person> German anatomist, 1781-1861. See: Tiedemann's gland, Tiedemann's nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tierce | 1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. 2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc, are packed for shipment. 3. The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. 4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. 5. A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. 6. The third hour of the day, or nine a.m.; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. Origin: F. Tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. Tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiercelet | <veterinary> The male of various falcons, especially. Of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Origin: OE. Tercel, tercelet, F. Tiercelet, a dim. Of (assumed) tiercel, or LL. Tertiolus, dim. Fr. L. Tertius the third; so called, according to some, because every third bird in the nest is a male, or, according to others, because the male is the third part less than female. Cf. Tercel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Tierfell naevus | Synonym: bathing trunk nevus. Origin: Ger. A nevus simulating the pelt of an animal (05 Mar 2000) |
| tietze's syndrome | <syndrome> Idiopathic painful nonsuppurative swellings of one or more costal cartilages, especially of the second rib. The anterior chest pain may mimic that of coronary artery disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Tietze, Alexander | <person> German surgeon, 1864-1927. See: Tietze's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tiff | 1. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. "Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." 2. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift. Origin: Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. Efr a smell, efa to sniff, Norw. Tev a drawing in of the breath, teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. Tuv smell, scent, taste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiffany | A species of gause, or very silk. "The smoke of sulphur . . . Is commonly used by women to whiten tiffanies." (Sir T. Browne) Origin: OE. Tiffenay; cf. OF. Tiffe ornament, tiffer to adjust, adorn. See Tiff to dress. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiffish | Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tift | A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff. "After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church." (Blackwood's Mag) Origin: Cf. Norw. Teft a scent. See Tiff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tigella | <botany> That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle. Origin: NL, from F. Tige stem or stock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tigelle | <botany> Same as Tigella. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiger | 1. A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Synonym: royal tiger, and Bengal tiger. 2. A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. "As for heinous tiger, Tamora." (Shak) 3. A servant in livery, who rids with his master or mistress. 4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. 5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. American tiger. <zoology> Any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. <botany> Tiger flower, the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta). Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree (Machaerium Schomburgkii) found in Guiana. Origin: OE. Tigre, F. Tigre, L. Tigris, Gr. Tigris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. Tir; perhaps akin to E. Stick, v.t.; probably so named from its quickness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |