TALONID 



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TAUTOMERIC 



Talonid {to* -lon-id) [talus, heel]. The heel or poste- 

 rior portion of the lower molar crown. (Osborn. ) 



Taloscaphoid (ta-lo-skaf'-oid ). See Astragaloscaphoid 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Talose (lal'-oz). A sugar prepared artificially by the 

 reduction of talonic acid. It is a hexose. 



Talotibial (ta-lo-til/ -e-al). See Astragalotibial (Illus. 

 DL 



Talpiform [tal* '-pc-form) \talpa, a wen ; forma, form]. 

 Wen-shaped. 



Tampicin (tam'-pis-in). A resin, C J4 H 51 O u , very simi- 

 lar to convolvulin, obtained from the root of Tampico 

 jalap, Iponitza simulans, Hanb. It is a colorless or 

 yellowish, transparent, amorphous, tasteless mass, with- 

 out odor, soluble in alcohol and ether ; it melts at 

 130 C. It is said to have a purgative action. 



Tampon. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. To plug a natural 

 aperture or wound. 



Tanghinin [tan' -gin-in). Cj H, r A glucosid isolated 

 by Arnaud from Cerbera tanghin. Hook., isomeric 

 with cerberin and closely allied to thevetin and theve- 

 tosin. A crvstalline body, soluble in alcohol and ether 

 or in 100 parts of water. It resembles stiophanthin in 

 physiologic action. 



Tangkong [bicol. dial. Island of Luzon]. I. A pro- 

 cess of stretching the skin on the nape of the neck, 

 practised by the natives of the Philippines as a counter- 

 irritation. It is used as a general panacea, but its 

 greatest virtue lies in the relief it affords in severe 

 headache. 2. The protuberances or tumors produced 

 by such skin-stretching. 



Tang-Kui, Tang Kwei. The Chinese name for Ara- 

 lia cordata, Thunb. , furnishing eumenol. 



Tannal. See Illus. Diet.) T., Soluble. See Alumin- 

 ium Tannotartrate. 



Tannalbin (tan-al'-bin). Tannin albuminate; a 

 brown, tasteless powder, insoluble in water, and con- 

 taining 50 *£ of tannin. An intestinal astringent. 

 Dose, 1 gm. 2 to 4 times daily. T., Veterinary, a 

 tannalbin specially prepared for a veterinary intestinal 

 astringent. Dose. 20-24 g m - 



Tannigen (tan'-ij-en). See Acetyltannin. 



Tannocasum {tin-r-ka'-sum). A compound of tan- 

 nin and casein ; it is used as an intestinal astringent 



Tannochloral (tan-o-klo* '-ral '). See Captol. 



Tannocol (tan'-o-kol). An odorless, tasteless combi- 

 nation of equal parts of gelatin and tannic acid, form- 

 ing an almost insoluble grayish-white powder. Dose 

 as intestinal astringent, 7.5 to 15 gm. several times 

 daily. 



Tannocreosoform (tan-o-kre-o' -so-form). A com- 

 pound of tannin, creasote, and formic aldehyd. 



Tannoform (tan' '-o- form). CH J (C li H 9 9 ) 1 . A con- 

 densation product of gal'.otannic acid and formic alde- 

 hyd It forms a pale rose-colored, bulky powder, in- 

 soluble in water, soluble in alkaline solutions. Used 

 internally in chronic intestinal catarrh. Dose, 0.25- 

 0.5 gm. ; externally in skin-diseases, bums, etc., in 

 10% ointment, or dusting-powder with 2 to 4 parts 

 of starch. Syn. , Methylenditannin ; Tannin-formal- 

 dehyd. 



Tannone (tan' on). (CH,) 6 N 4 (C u H, O 9 )j. A con- 

 densation product of tannin and urotropin occurring as 

 an odorless, tasteless, fine, light-brown powder, in- 

 soluble in water, weak acids, or ether, but slowly solu- 

 ble in dilute alkaline solutions. It is used in acute 

 catarrh and subacute and chronic enteritis. Dose, I 

 gm. 3 or 4 times daily. 

 Tannopin (tan'-o-pin). See Tannon. 

 Tannopumilin (tan-o-pu' -mil-in) . A proprietary 

 remedy for skin-diseases said to consist of digallic acid 

 and oil of Pinus pumilio, Hancke. 



Tannosal (tan' -o-sal). Tannic acid ester of creasote, 

 containing 60% of creasote. Antitubercular. Dose, 

 I to 2 gm. 3 times a day, in aqueous solution. 



Tap [D. tap']. I. To withdraw fluid from a cavity by 

 cannula or trocar. 2. A slight blow. 



Tap [East Indian, fever]. Vernacular for trypanosomi- 

 asis. 



Tap-dik, Tape-dik [East Indian]. Vernacular for 

 trypanosomiasis. 



Taphosote (ta/'-o-sat). Creasote tannophosphate. 



Tapopote. The Amerind name for Ephedra nevaden- 

 sis, S. Wats. 



Tar. (See Illus. Diet.) T., Barbadoes, a black 

 petroleum of Barbadoes of the consistency of molasses 

 and with bituminous taste. T., Birch, erode oil of 

 birch. T. -camphor, naphthalene. T., Mineral. 

 See Maltha (Illus. Diet. . 



Taracanin (tar-ak'-an-in). See Antihydropin (Illus. 

 Diet ). 



Tarai [East Indian wet, moist]. Vernacular for try- 

 panosomiasis. 



Tarantella (tar-an-tel'-ah) [Tarento, a town of Italy]. 

 A dance supposed to be a cure for the nervous excita- 

 tion falsely attributed to the bite of Lycosa tarantula. 



Tarantula. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The Italian form 

 of dancing mania ; tarantism. 



Tarfa. An African name for the arrow poison from 

 Strychnos icaja, Baill. 



Tamier's Hatching-cradle. See under Incubator 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Taro (tar'-o) [Polynesian]. Colocasia antiqucrum, 

 Schott (q. v.). See also Poi. 



Tarsadenitis meibomica (tar-sad-en-i'-tis) [ra^iaoc, a 

 frame of wicker work ; Mnjv, a gland]. II. F. Wey- 

 man's name for subacute or chronic inflammation of 

 the meibomian glands and tarsal cartilage. 



Tar sale (tar-sa'-le). Any bone of the tarsus, but 

 especially one in the distal row. 



Tarsalia (tar-sa'-le-ah). The tarsal bones. 



Tarsocheiloplasty (tar-so-kr'-lo-plas-te) [rapeof, tar- 

 sus; je*/.oc, edge; Tr/acaeir, to form]. Plastic surgery 

 of the edge of the eyelid. 



Tarsoorbital (tar-so-or* -bit-al). Relating to the frame- 

 work of the eyelids and the walls of the orbit. 



Tartar. ( See Illus. Diet. ) T., Alkali of, potassium 

 carbonate. T., Borated, potassium and sodium boro- 

 tartrate. T., Vitriolated, potassium sulfate. 



Tartarization (tar-tar-iz-a'-shun). The treatment 

 of syphilis with antimonium and potassium tartrate. 



Tartarlithin (tar-tar-lith'-in). See Lithium bitar- 

 trate. 



Tartronyl (tar'-tron-il). The bivalent radicle of tar- 

 tronic acid. T.-urea. See Acid, Dialuric. 



Tartrophen (tar'-tro-fen). A combination of phenetidin 

 and tartaric acid. 



Tashkent Ulcer. See Paschachurda. 



Tasi, Tasi-plant. A vernacular term in Argentine for 

 plants possessing galactagogic properties. 



Tasillo \tah-sil'-yo). Same as Tasi or Tasi-plant. 



Tassago. See Tasajos (Illus. Diet.). 



Tatalbumin (tat-al'-bu-min). Tarchanobf s name for 

 the white of egg during incubation ; it becomes trans- 

 parent on boiling and acts as an alkali albumin. 



Tattooage (tat-toy-aj). The practice of tattooing. 



Tattooing. (See Illus. Diet.) T., Electrolytic, the 

 electrolytic treatment of angioma or nevus by means 

 of a negative electrode earning from ten to twenty 

 needles. 



Tautomeric. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Applied by v. 

 Gehuchten to neurons of the cinerea of the spinal 

 cord, the axons of which pass into the white mattei 

 of the cord on the same side in which they are located. 



