TOXINE 



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TRAMA 



Toxine (toks'-en). See Toxin. 



Toxinemia (toks-in-e' -me-ah) [to^ikov, poison; aipa, 

 blood]. See Toxemia (Illus. Diet.). 



Toxinose du Sommeil. Fr. synonym of Sleeping 

 Sickness. 



Toxinosis (loks-in-c/sis). See Toxicosis (Illus. Diet. ). 



Toxintuberculid (toks-in-tu-bur'-ku-lid ). See Tuber- 

 culid. 



Toxipeptone. See Toxopeptone. 



Toxiphoric (toks-if-or'-ik). See Toxiferous (Illus. 

 Diet.). T. Side-chain, applied by Ehrlich to atom 

 groups which combine with the toxin of any particular 

 disease germ. 



Toxis (toks' '-is). See Toxicosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Toxitherapy (toks-e-ther'-ap-e). The therapeutic use 

 of antitoxins. 



Toxoalexin (toks-o-al-eks'-in). See Toxophylaxin 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Toxoid [toks' -aid) [to^lkov, poison; eldoc, likeness]. 

 An altered toxin possessing only the haptophore group, 

 and destitute therefore of toxic effect. 



Toxomucin (toks-o-mu'-sin) [toS-ikov, poison ; mucus]. 

 A toxic substance obtained from cultures of tubercle 

 bacilli. 



Toxon (toks'-on) [to^ikov, poison]. Ehrlich' s name 

 for any one of several substances which appear in 

 fresh toxins; they neutralize antitoxin and are feebly 

 poisonous. 



Toxonosis [toks-on-o f -sis) [rof ik6v, poison; voooq, dis- 

 ease]. An affection resulting from the action of a 

 poison. Syn., Toxosis. Cf. Intoxication. 



Toxopeptone [toks-o-pep / -tdn). Petri's name for a poi- 

 sonous proteid resembling peptone in its behavior to 

 heat and reagents, produced in peptone cultures by the 

 comma bacillus. 



Toxophore (toks'-o-for) [to^ikov, poison; cj>opelv, to 

 bear]. That complex of atoms of a toxin-unit which 

 is the poisonous element of a toxin. 



Toxophorous (toks-of -or-us) . See Toxiphoric. 



Toxorhynchites (toks-o-rin' -kit-iz) [to^lhov, poison; 

 pbyxoc, snout]. A genus of Culicidce, subfamily 

 Megarhinina, founded by Theobald. 



Toxosis [toks-o / -sis). See Toxonosis. 



Trabecula, Trabecule. (See Illus. Diet.) T. 

 cerebri, the callosum. Trabecular cranii, H. 

 Rathke's name for two curved cartilaginous bars in 

 front of the notochord discovered by him to develop in 

 the embryo simultaneously with the development of 

 cartilaginous tissue in the occipital skeleton. These 

 cartilages by their fusion and expansion form the whole 

 of the prechordal chondrocranium (Minot). Syn., 

 Rathke's trabecula; First visceral bars; Trabecular 

 bars. 



Trabs. (See Illus. Diet.) Trabes carneae, Trabes 

 cordis, columnse carneae. 



Tracheaectasy, Tracheaectasis. (See Illus. Diet.) 

 T., Cystic. See Pouches, Tracheal. 



Tracheliasm (tra-ke'-le-azm). See Trachelismus 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Tracheloacromial [tra-kel-o-ah-kro'-me-al) [rpdxrjtoc, 

 neck; nKp6piov, acromion]. Connecting the shoulder- 

 blade and vertebras. 



Tracheloacromialis (tra-kel-o-ah-kro-me-a'-lis). In 

 veterinary anatomy the dorsal part of the mastoidohu- 

 meralis muscle. It takes origin from the transverse 

 processes of the first four cervical vertebras. 

 Trachelobregmatic {tra-kel-o-breg-viat f -ik). Pertain- 

 ing to the neck and the bregma. 

 Tracheloclavicular (tra-kelo-kia-vik'-u-lar). Relat- 

 ing to the neck and the collar-bone. 

 Trachelologist {tra-kel-ol ' -o-jist). An expert in dis- 

 eases of the neck. 



Trachelology (tra-kel-ol' '-o-je) [rpdxjjl.or;, neck ; ?Myog, 

 science]. The science of the neck and its diseases. 



Trachelooccipital ytra-kel-o-ok-sip'-it-al). Relating 

 to or common to the nape of the neck and the occiput. 



Trachelosyringorrhaphy (tra-kel-o-sir-ing-gor f -af-e) 

 [rpaxv^oc, neck ; oiipr/%, a pipe ; pdtyr/, a seam]. 

 Sanger's operation (analogous to Emmet's trachelor- 

 rhaphy) for vaginal fistula with stitching of the cervix. 



Tracheoesophageal {tra-ke-o-e-sof-aj-e'-al). Relating 

 to the trachea and esophagus. 



Tracheoplasty [tra-ke-o-plast'-e). Plastic surgery of 

 the trachea. 



Tracheoschisis (tra-ke-os / -kis-is) [vpn^e'ia, trachea ; 

 ox'i& LV t to split]. Fissure of the trachea. 



Tracheotomist (tra-ke-ot'-om-ist). One skilled in 

 tracheotomy. 



Tracheotomize (tra-ke-ot / -om-iz). To perform trache- 

 otomy upon. 



Tracheotomy. (See Illus. Diet. ) T., Plunge, oper- 

 ation in one incision for urgent emergencies. 



Trachielcosis (tra-ke-el-ko'-sis) \rpaxtla, trachea; 

 eA/coc, an ulcer]. Ulceration of the trachea. 



Trachielcus (tra-ke-el' ' -kus). An ulcer of the trachea. 



Trachoma. (See Illus. Diet.) T. deformans, a 

 name given to a form of vulvitis at the stage when it 

 results in diffuse scar-tissue. T., Tiirck's, laryngitis 

 sicca ; granular laryngitis affecting the posterointernal 

 wall of the larynx. 



Tract. (See Illus. Diet.) Cf. Law, Flateau's. T., 

 Acusticocerebellar. See 7'., Direct Cerebellar 

 (Illus. Diet.). T., Alimentary, the whole digestive 

 tube, from the mouth to the anus. See Canal, Ali- 

 mentary. T., Anterolateral Descending, a few 

 long fibers in the anterior and lateral ground-bundles 

 of the spinal cord. Syn., LowenthaP s tract ; MarchV s 

 tract. T., Ciaglinski's, a long sensory tract of fibers 

 in the gray commissure between the ventral border of 

 the posterior columns and the central canal, and be- 

 lieved to spring from the posterior nerve-roots and to 

 conduct sensations of heat and pain. T., Cornu- 

 commissural, a tract of fibers in the anterior part of 

 the posterior column in close relationship to the pos- 

 terior commissure and extending throughout the sacral 

 and lumbar regions of the cord. (Gowers. ) T., 

 Foville's, the direct cerebellar tract of the spinal 

 cord. T., Habenulointerpeduncular. See Mty- 

 nerf s Fasciculus (Illus. Diet.). T., Krause's Res- 

 piratory, the solitary fascicle of the oblongata. T., 

 Lowenthal's, the descending anterolateral tract of the 

 spinal cord. T., Marchi's. See 7\, LowenthaP s. 

 T., Schultze's Comma-shaped, a small tract of 

 descending fibers in the posteroexternal column of the 

 spinal cord near the gray commissure. T., Septo- 

 marginal, a narrow strip of fibers in the posterior 

 columns, close to the septum as high as the eleventh 

 dorsal segment. In the sacral regions it extends as 

 far forward as the cornu-commissural tract, with which 

 its fibers combine, and runs backward to the periphery 

 of the cord, where it expands into an oval area (the 

 oval field of Flechsig). T., Solitary. See Solitary 

 Bundle (Illus. Diet.). T., Spitzka-Lissauer's. 

 See T., Lissauer's (Illus. Diet.). 



Tractograph {trak'-to-graf) [trahere, to draw; ypa- 

 (peiv, to write]. An apparatus used to make traction 

 tests. 



Trajector {tra-jek'-tor) [L. a piercer]. An instrument 

 used to determine the approximate location of a bullet 

 in the cranium. 



Trama, Trame, Tramis {trah'-mah, trah'-me, trah'- 

 mis) [rpaprj, the perineum]. I. The perineum. 2. 

 Any connective tissue forming the framework of a 

 part. 3. See Raphe (Illus. Diet.). 



