

TEGMINAL 



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TELLURIUM 



by the deep longitudinal fibers, interlaced with trans- 

 verse and arched fibers. In biology, an outer covering, 

 as of a bud or a mollusc. 



Tegminal {teg / -min-al) [tegmen, a covering]. In bi- 

 ology, integumentary. 



Tegminalia {teg-min-a'-le-ah) [tegmen, a covering]. 

 Plural of Tegminalium. In biology, the plates of a 

 tessellated crinoid or other similarly protected ani- 

 mal. 



Tegula {teg'-u-lah) [tegula, a tile: //. , Tegula']. In 

 biology, a sclerite covering the base of the fore-wing 

 or the metathoracic spiracle of certain insects. 



Tegumen {teg'-u-men). Same as /^/«<w. 



Tegument {teg'-u-ment) [tegere, cover, conceal]. In 

 biology, an enveloping or protective coat ; a tegmen, 

 or tegmentum. 



Teichmann's Crystals. See Hen&n. 



Teichmann-Neumann Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Teichopsia {ti-kop'-se-ah) [te'ixoc, wall ; di[>ic, vision]. 

 A temporary amblyopia, with subjective visual images 

 like fortification-angles ; probably due to vasomotor 

 disturbances of the visual center. 



Teigne [Fr. ]. See Tinea. T. pelade. Synonym of 

 Alopecia areata. 



Teinodynia {ti-no-din'-e-ah). See Tenodynia. 



Teissier's Method. See Phosphates. 



Tela {te'-lah) [L .]. A web or web-like tissue ; a plexus. 

 T. adiposa, adipose tissue. T. araneae. See Spiders' 

 Web. T. cellulosa, areolar tissue. T. choroidea, 

 the membranous roof of the parts of the third and 

 fourth ventricles of the brain. See Diatela and 

 Metatela. T. epithelialis, epithelial tissue. T. 

 flava, elastic tissue. T. haemelis, lymph-cells and 

 blood-corpuscles, and, also, splenic tissue. T. vas- 

 culosa, the choroid plexus. 



Telaesthesia {tel-es-the'-ze-ah). See Telepathy. 



Telangiectasia {tel-an-je-ek-la'-ze-ah) [teXoc, end ; 

 fiov, vessel ; suraac, a stretching]. Dilatation of 

 capillaries, or of the smaller blood-vessels. 



Telangiectasis {tel-an-je-ek' -tas-is). See Telangiectasia 

 and XlCl'us vascularis. T. faciei. See Acne rosacea. 



Telangiectasy {tel-an-je-ek f -tas-e). Same as Telangiec- 

 tasia. 



Telangiectatic {tel-an-je-ek-tat' -ik) [re?.oc, end ; a} - 



iyeiov, vessel ; EK-aoic, a stretching]. Relating to or 

 characterized by telangiectasia. T. Warts. See 

 Angiokeratoma . 



Telangioma {tel - an -je - o / - mah) [te/.oc, end ; ayyelov, 

 vessel ; oua, tumor]. A tumor composed of dilated 

 capillaries. 



Telangiosis {tel-an-je-o'-sis) [re/oc, end ; ayyelov, ves- 

 sel]. Disease of the capillaries or minute blood- 

 vessels. 



Telar [te'-lar) [tela, a. •web']. Pertaining to a tela ; of 

 the nature of a tela. 



Telarian (te-la' ' -re-ati) [tela, a web]. In biology, web- 

 making or tissue-making, as a spinning spider. 



Teledactyl {tel-e-dak'-til) [rff/.e, far; d&KTvloq, finger]. 

 A device to avoid stooping when wishing to pick up 

 things from the floor (in disease of the spine, injuries, 

 etc.). It consists of six spring-forceps at the end of 

 a cane, operated by a cord passing to the handle and 

 provided with a ring for the index finger. 



Pelegony {tel-eg'-o-ne) \jif/e, afar; ynvij, offspring]. 

 The influence of a previous husband on the children 

 of a subsequent one through the same woman. 



Telegraph {tel' '-e-graf) [rij/.e, far; ypdfaiv, to write]. 

 An electric apparatus for conveying information to a 

 distance with great rapidity. T., Muscle, an appara- 

 tus for recording the contraction of muscles. 

 Telegraphers' Cramp. See Cramp. 

 Telekinesis [tel-ek-in-e' '-sis) [rfj/e , far ; Kivrjciq, move- 



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ment]. The power claimed for some wonder-workers 

 of causing objects to move without touching them. 



Telekinetic (tel-ek-in-ef '-ik) [rfftx, far; Kivrjaiq, move- 

 ment]. Pertaining to or characterized by telekinesis., 



Teleocephalous {tel-e-o-sef '-al-us) [ri/.foc, complete ; 

 KE<pa/.i], head]. Having the full number of bones in 

 the skull. 



Teleology {tel-e-ol'-o-je) [ri/.og, end; ?-6}oc, treatise]. 

 The doctrine of final causes. 



Teleophore {tel' '- e-o-for) [ri/^og, complete; <popo<;, 

 bear]. See Gonotheca. 



Teleophyte {tel'-e-o-ftt) [tela, a web or tissue ; <j>vr6v, 

 plant]. In biology, a plant exhibiting well differenti- 

 ated tissues. 



Teleosis {tel-e-o'-sis) [te'aeoc;, re/xioq, complete]. In 

 biology, progressive development. 



Teleozoon {tel-e-o-zo / -on) [tela, a web or tissue ; ^<mv, 

 an animal : //. , Teleozoa\ In biology, an animal ex- 

 hibiting well differentiated tissues ; a metazoan. 



Telepathic (tel-ep-ath'-ik) [tt)1e, far; jrdfloc, disease]. 

 Pertaining to telepathy. 



Telepathist {tel'-ep-ath-ist, or te-lep/ -ath-ist) [ttjItj, far; 

 -ddog, disease] . One who is versed in telepathy. 



Telepathy {tel'-ep-ath-e, or te-lep/ -ath-e) [tt/'/e, far ; 

 •xdOoq, disease]. Formerly an empiric form of treat- 

 ment whereby cures were guaranteed by the exhibition 

 of the remedy at a distance from the seat of disease. 

 The term is now applied to a certain form of clairvoy- 

 ance in which one is supposed to become conscious 

 by dream or vision of distant events ; the action of 

 one mind upon another when the two persons are sun- 

 dered by a considerable distance, and there is no 

 communication by means of the senses ; thought- 

 reading ; thought-transfer. 



Telephone {tel'- e/- on) [r^te, far; fyuvij, voice]. An 

 apparatus which transmits the human voice or other 

 sounds to a great distance. T.-tinnitus, a profes- 

 sional neurosis of the auditory mechanism said to be 

 caused by constant use of the telephone. 



Telescope {tel'- es- kop) [r^le, far; cko-eIv, to exam- 

 ine]. An instrument for observing objects situated at 

 a great distance, especially the heavenly bodies. T.- 

 eye, an abnormalism of the orbit said to be caused by 

 the constant use of optic instruments, like the tele- 

 scope, microscope, etc. 



Telescopic {tel-es-kop' -ik) [ttj7.e, far; ckotte'iv, to view]. 

 Pertaining to the telescope. T. Catheterism, the 

 passage of several catheters, each smaller than the 

 one before it, one within another, until one is passed 

 through a urethral stricture. 



Telestereoscope {tel-es-ter' -e-o-skop) [r^/.c.afar ; arepEoc, 

 solid ; tTKOTTElv, to view]. An instrument for obtaining 

 a stereoscopic view of distant objects, by which such 

 objects obtain a relief like that of near objects. 



Teleutogonidium {tel- u f - to -go - nid'- e - um) [re/terny,- 

 completion ; yov6q, generation: pi. , Teleutogonidia\ 

 See Teleutospore. 



Teleutospore {tel - u' - to - spor) [ts?.evtt/, completion; 

 a—opd, seed]. In biology, a peculiar, thick- walled, 

 often compound spore, produced by the Uredinea or 

 Rusts late in the season ; a brand-spore ; pseudo- 

 spore. 



Telluric (tel-u'-rik) [tellus, earth]. Derived from the 

 earth or soil ; as a telluric miasm. 



Tellurism {tel' -u-rizm) [tellus, earth]. Telluric miasm ; 

 influence of the soil as a cause of disease. 



Tellurist (tel'-u-rist) [tellus, earth]. One who believes 

 in the telluric origin of any disease {e.g. , of tetanus). 



Tellurium {tel-u f -re-um) [tellus, the earth]. Te=i28 , 

 sp. gr. 6.24, quantivalence II, IV, and VI. A non- 

 metallic element of bluish-white color, brittle, brilliant, 

 easily fusible, and resembling sulphur in chemic pro- 



