TEMPORO-SPHEXOID 



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TENNYSIN 



Temporo-sphenoid (tem-po-ro-sfe'-noid) [temfms, time; 



und\. Same as Sphenotemporal. 

 Temulence ( tern'- u - lens ) [ temulentia ]. Inebriety ; 



drunkenness. 

 Temulentia (tem-u-len'-she-ah). Synonym of Alco- 

 holism. 

 Tenacious (te-na'-shus) [tenax, tough]. Having the 

 qualitv of toughness or ability to resist mechanical 

 strain or dissolution. 

 Tenacity te-nas' -it-e) [tenacitas]. Toughness; resist- 

 ance to fracture or dissolution. 

 Tenaculum ( ten - ak'- u - lum ) [tenere, to hold : //. , 

 Tenaculd\. I. An instrument, usually hook-shaped, 

 for seizing and holding divided vessels, etc. 2. One 

 of a pair of processes on the abdomen of certain in- 

 sects ( Podunda, spring-tails) sen ring to hold the elater 

 in place. T. -forceps. See Forceps. 

 Tenalgia (ten-al'-je-ah) [rivuv, tendon ; a/.} of, pain]. 



e as Tenodynia. 

 Tenax (te'-naks) [L.]. Oakum especially prepared for 



surgeons" use. 

 Tench's Mouth. The os uteri (os tinea). T.'s Nose. 



Same as T. Mouth. 

 Tendency (ten'-den-se) [tendere, to stretch]. The in- 

 clination or aim toward a given state or condition. 

 Tender (ten'-der) [tener, soft; Yx.,tendre\ I. Sensitive 

 to impressions, especially to touch ; soft, and readily 

 yielding to the knife. 2. Delicate, easily destroyed. 

 Tenderness (ten' '-der-nes) [tener, soft]. The condition 



of abnormal sensitiveness to touch ; soreness. 

 Tendinosus (ten-din-o'-sus) [L.]. Same as Semiten- 

 dinous. See Muscles, Table of. 

 Tendinous (ten' -din-us) [tendinosus]. Pertaining to 

 i or having the nature of tendon. 



Tendo, Tendon (ten'-do, ten'-don) [tendo, tendinis, a 

 I tendon : pi. , Tendines, Ten- 

 j dons]. A tendon ; the white, 

 -:ening, fibrous cord con- 

 :ing the body of a muscle 

 ! with its point of insertion. 

 T. Achillis, the Achilles ten- 

 j don or common tendon of the 

 gastrocnemius and soleus mus- 

 cles, the thickest and strongest 

 of the bodv. T. Achillis Re- 

 flex. See Reflexes, Table of. 

 T. calcaneus. Same as T. 

 iillis. T., Central, the tri- 

 tte aponeurosis in the center 

 le diaphragmatic vault. T., 

 Cordiform. See T, Central. 

 T., Hamstring. See Ham- 

 T.-reflex. See Re- 

 flexes, Table of. T.-spindle, a 

 peculiar nerve-ending in tendons described by Golgi 

 as being found in the immediate vicinity of the union 

 with the muscle, also called Golgi's corpuscle. T. of 

 Zinn, the ligament of Zinn. 

 Tendophony ( ten - doff'- o - ne) [tendo, tendon ; fawfj, 

 voice]. Auscultatory sounds supposed to be caused by 

 the chordae tendineae. 

 Tendoplasty (ten' -do-plas-le) [tendo, tendon ; -/xiaaeiv, 



to form]. A plastic operation on tendons. 

 Tendo -synovitis (ten' -do-si-no-vi' -tis) [tendo, tendon ; 

 synoi-ia, synovia]. The "compound ganglion" of 

 older text-books, now recognized as a local tubercu- 

 losis. 

 Tendotome (ten'-do-tom). See Tenotome. 

 Tendo-vaginitis granulosa (ten-do-vaj-in-i'-tis gran- 

 u-lo'-sah\ [L.]. Hueter's term for tuberculosis of 

 tendon-sheaths, the sheaths being filled with granula- 

 tion or fungous tissue. 



Tendon, Tail of 



a. Tendon-cells seen 

 on edge and embrac- 

 ing a fiber: bb. On 

 the flat, the cells with 

 a ridge. 





Tendril (ten'-dril) [tener, soft, delicate]. In biology, 

 a leaf, a portion of a leaf, or a branch so modified as 

 to serve the purpose of a climbing organ. 



Tenesmic (te-nez'-mik) [teiveouo^ ; rcivtiv, to strain] 

 Of the nature of or affected with tenesmus. 



Tenesmus (te-nez'-mus) [reiveojior ; reivciv, to strain]. 

 Rectal or vesical pain, with spasmodic contraction of 

 the sphincter ani or sphincter vesicae. The painful 

 desire to empty the bowels or bladder without the 

 evacuation of feces or urine. 



Tenia, Taenia (te'-ne-ah) [rauia, a band, fillet, rib- 

 bon]. In biology, a genus of parasitic platode worms 

 of the Class Cestoda (tapeworms) and Order Pofysoa. 

 They form ribbon-like stocks, composed chiefly of a 

 row of consecutive segments progressively increasing 

 in size posteriorly (proglottides) and arising bystrobila- 

 tion from the knob-like head (scolex), which is pro- 

 vided with organs of adhesion. Over 300 species are 

 recognized, having for their hosts very widely separated 

 animals, with correspondingly wide geographic dis- 

 tribution. Cf. Parasites (Animal), Table of, also Cys- 

 ticercus, Echinococcus, Measles. T. -chain, the chain 

 formed by the proglottides or joints of a tapeworm. T.- 

 head. See Scolex. T. hippocampi, the corpus fimbri- 

 atum of the hippocampus major. See Fimbria. T. 

 semicircularis, a whitish band along the caudatum 

 forming one of the margins of the rima ; also called 

 tenia. T. thalami, thehabenaorhabenula. T. tubae, 

 the name given by F. B. Robinson to a band forming 

 a thickening of the upper border of the perisalpinx or 

 pcritone.um covering the upper border of the Fallopian 

 tube ; being shorter than the tube, it aids in saccula- 

 ting it, which is detrimental to the facility of trans- 

 mitting ova, leads to ectopic gestation by allowing 

 the ovum to slip into portions of the tube which are 

 not in the main stream of the menstrual fluid. The 

 women possessing this band have usually premenstrual 

 pain or tubal colic, and are either sterile or have few 

 children. This band is considered a relic of embry- 

 onic life. T. violacea, a part of the fourth ven- 

 tricle. 



Teniacide, Taeniacide (te* -ne-as-td) [lamia, tapeworm ; 

 c&dere, to kill]. Destructive of tapeworms ; a remedy 

 that destroys tapeworms. 



Teniafuge, Taeniafuge (te / -ne -af-uj) \tania, tape 

 worm ; fugare, to drive]. An agent that expels, 

 without necessarily killing, tenia. 



Teniasis (te-ni' -as-is) [teenia, tenia]. The ensemble of 

 symptoms resulting from the presence of tenia in the 

 body. 



Teniate (te'-ne-at) [ta-nia, tapeworm]. Ribbon-like in 

 shape. 



Tenicide (ten' -is id). See Teniacide. 



Tenifuge (ten'-ifuj). See Teniafuge. 



Tenioid (te'-ne-oid) [ratvia, a band, ribbon; eldoc f 

 form]. In biology, ribbon-like, or resembling a tape- 

 worm. 



Teniola (ten-i'-o-lah) [L.]. A small ribbon. T. cin- 

 erea. 1. A thin, grayish ridge separating the striae of 

 the floor of the fourth ventricle from the cochlear di- 

 vision of the acoustic nerve. 2. In biology, one of the 

 four ridges developed on the exumbrellar gastric wall 

 of certain Medusa (Scyphopolyps) , also called gastral 

 teniola, gastric ridges, tenioles. Cf. Phacelli. 



Teniophobia (te -ne - o-fo*- be - ah) [tcenia, tapeworm ; 

 46(ioc, dread]. Morbid dread of becoming the host 

 of a tapeworm. 



Tennant's Powder. See Powder. 



Tennis-arm. Same as T.-elbov.: T.-elbow, a strain 

 of the elbow, said to be frequent in tennis-players. 



Tennysin (ten'-is-in). A certain alkaloid occurring in 

 brain-tissue. 



