| teniform | 1. Band-shaped; ribbon-shaped. 2. Resembling a tapeworm. Synonym: teniform. Origin: G. Tainia, a tape, + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tenifugal | Having the power to expel tapeworms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenifuge | An agent that causes the expulsion of tapeworms. Synonym: tenifuge. Origin: L. Taenia, tapeworm, + fugo, to put to flight (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenioid | 1. Band-shaped; ribbon-shaped. 2. Resembling a tapeworm. Synonym: teniform. Origin: G. Tainia, a tape, + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| teniola | A slender tenia or bandlike structure. Origin: L. Dim. Of taenia, ribbon (05 Mar 2000) |
| teniola corporis callosi | A whitish line appearing on perfectly median sections of the brain as a thin bridge connecting the rostrum of the corpus callosum with the lamina terminalis; the rostral lamina contains no commissural fibres; instead, it corresponds to the line along which the pia mater reflects from the medial surface of one hemisphere to that of the other. Synonym: lamina rostralis, rostral layer, teniola corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| teniposide | <chemical> A cytotoxic semisynthetic derivative of podophyllotoxin that may be effective in cancer chemotherapy. It prevents cells from entering the prophase of mitosis and inhibits DNA synthesis. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, phytogenic, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors. Chemical name: Furo(3',4':6,7)naphtho(2,3-d)-1,3-dioxol-6(5aH)-one, 5,8,8a,9-tetrahydro-5-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-9-((4,6-O-(2-thienylmethylene)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy)-, (5R-(5alpha,5abeta,8aalpha,9beta(R*)))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| tennantite | <chemical> A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper. Origin: Named after Smithson Tennant, an English chemist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tennis | A game played by two or four players with rackets and an elastic ball on a level court divided by a low net. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tennis elbow | <rheumatology> Inflammation at the lateral epicondyle (bony process of the humerus) of the elbow and the tendons insertions. It has earned the name tennis elbow because of the common occurrence of this condition in tennis players (constant dorsiflexion of the wrist). See: medial epicondylitis. (13 Jan 1998) |
| tennis leg | A rupture of the gastrocnemius muscle at the musculotendinous junction, resulting from forcible contractions of the calf muscles; commonly seen in tennis players. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tennis thumb | Tendinitis with calcification in the tendon of the long flexor of the thumb (flexor pollicis longus) caused by friction and strain as in tennis playing, but also occurring in other exercises in which the thumb is subject to repeated pressure or strain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tennu | <zoology> The tapir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| teno- | Tenon-tenont-tenonto- Tendon. See: tendo-. Origin: G. Tenon (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenodesis | Stabilizing a joint by anchoring the tendons which move that joint. Origin: teno-+ G. Desis, a binding (05 Mar 2000) |