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TYPHOID 



of tunica, commonly used for the coats of the eyeball. 

 T., External Elastic (of Henle). See Lamina, 

 Externa/ Elastic. T., Ruysch's Cellular. See 

 Tunica ruyshiana (Illus. Diet.). 



Tunica. (See Illus. Diet.) T. acinalis, T. acini- 

 formis, T. acinosa, the uvea. T. nervea of 

 Briicke, the layers of the retina, exclusive of the 

 rods and cones. T. nervorum, neurilemma. T. 

 perforata. Same as Uvea. T. vasculosa, Haller's, 

 the lamina vasculosa of the choroid. 



Tuno Gum. See Batata (Illus. Diet.). 



Turanose {tu'-ran-oz). C,jH M O u . A saccharobiose 

 obtained by the partial hydrolysis of melezitose. 



Turbinectomy (tur-bin-ek' -to-me) [turbo, a top ; enTOfiij, 

 a cutting out]. Excision of a turbinal. 



Turbinotome (tur-bin'-ot-om). An instrument used in 

 turbinotomy. 



Turbinotomy (tur-bin-ot'-o-me) [turbo, a top ; rofit], a 

 cutting]. Incision into a turbinated bone. 



Turgometer {tur-gomf -tt-ur) [turgor, swelling ; me- 

 tare, to measure]. An apparatus to determine the 

 degree or amount of turgescence. 



Turgor (tur'-gor) [L. , a swelling]. Active hyperemia; 

 turgescence. 



Turnera [tur / -nur-ah) [IVm. Turner, English phy- 

 sician, i52o(?)-i568j. A genus of the Turneracece. 

 T. diffusa, Willd., an herb indigenous to Mexico and 

 Brazil ; the leaves afford in part the damiana of com- 

 merce introduced into medicine in 1874, Dose of fl. 

 ext., 0.32-1.3 gm. 



Turpentine. (See Illus. Diet. ) T. -camphor, ter- 

 pene hydrochlorate. T., Canada. See Balsam, 

 Canada (Illus. Diet.). T., Chian, an oleoresin 

 from Pistacia terebinthus, L. ; a thick, greenish-yellow 

 liquid used as an antiseptic on cancerous growths. T.- 

 ether. See Ether, Terebinthinated. T., Larch, 

 Venice turpentine. T., Venice, a pale-yellow turbid 

 fluid obtained from the larch, Larix europwa, L. 



Turpethin (tur'-peth-in). C^HjgOjj . A glucosid 

 isomeric with jalapin obtained by Spirgatis from the 

 root of Ipomcea turpethum, R. Br.; a brownish-yellow 

 amorphous mass, soluble in alcohol, insoluble in water, 

 ether, chloroform, or carbon disulfid. 



Tussedo (tus-e'-do). Tussis. 



Tussicular (tus-ik 1 -u-lar) [tussicula, a slight cough]. 

 Characterized by a slight cough. 



Tussiculation {tus-ik-u-la' '-shun). A hacking cough. 



Tussis. (See Illus. Diet.) T. clangosa (Glisson), 

 whooping-cough. T. epidemica (Sydenham), influ- 

 enza. T. infantum (Sydenham), whooping-cough. 

 T. puerorum convulsiva (Sydenham), whooping- 

 cough. T. sicca (,h/i; Keivq), dry cough ; when the 

 most violent efforts of coughing bring away nothing. 



Tussol (tus / -ol). See Antipyrin Mandelate. 



Tuthia, Tutia. See Tutty. 



Tutores (tu-tor'-lz) [tutor, a protector]. Certain per- 

 sons who in the reign of William I of England had 

 custody of the lands of lunatics. 



Tutty (ttit'-e) [Tamul word tutum~\. Impure oxid of 

 zinc deposited as an incrustation on the chimneys of 

 furnaces during the smelting of lead ores containing 

 zinc ; used as an external desiccant when pulverized. 



Tyle (ti'-le) [rivioc, a knob]. A callus. 



Tylion (til'-e-on) [rv/tiov, a small knot or lump]. A 

 craniometric point on the anterior border of the optic 

 groove in the mesal line. 



Tylophorin (ti-lof'-or-in). An alkaloid isolated by D. 

 Hooper, 1891, from the root and leaves of Tylophora 

 asthmatics, Wight, et Arn. 



Tympanectomy {tivi-pan-ek' -to-me) [rii/nravov, a drum; 

 £KTo/if/, a cutting out]. Excision of the tympanic 

 membrane. 



Tympanites. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Affectio tym- 

 panitic a ; Meteorism. See Sign, Clark's. T., Peri- 

 toneal, that due to an accumulation of air in the 

 peritoneal cavity. T. uteri, T., Uterine, physo- 

 metra. 



Tympanomastoiditis {tim-pan-o-mas-toid-i'-tis). In- 

 flammation of the tympanum and mastoid. 



Tympanophony (tim-pan-o/'-o-ne). See Autophony 

 (2). 



Tympanosis (tim-pan-o'-sts). Tympanites. 



Tympanotomy [tim-pan-ot f -o-me) [riifXTravov, a drum ; 

 rofiij, a cutting]. Incision of the membrana tympani. 



Tympanous (tim'-pan-us). Distended with gas, relat- 

 ing to tympanism. 



Tympanum. (See Illus. Diet.) Valsalva's Test, 

 inflation of the tympanic cavity with air by means of 

 forcible expiratory efforts made while the nose and 

 mouth are tightly closed. Perforation of the tympanic 

 membrane may be detected by this test. 



Tympany. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A tympanic percus- 

 sion note. T., Skoda's. See Skoda 1 s Resonance 

 under Signs (Illus. Diet.). 



Tyndalization (tin-dal-iz-a' '-shun). See Sterilization, 

 Intermittent (Illus. Diet.). 



Typewriter's Cramp. See Spasm, Fatigue. 



Typhase (Ji'-faz). The special bacteriolytic enzyme of 

 Bacillus typhi abdontinalis, Eberth. Cf. Cholerase, 

 Pyocyanase. 



Typhfever (tlf-fe' ' -ver). Typhoid or typhus fever. 



Typhlenteritis {tif-len-ter-i' '-tis) [rv<p?6c, cecum ; evre- 

 pov, bowel]. A substitute for the word appendicitis 

 proposed by Gouley. 



Typhlitis. (See Illus. Diet. ) T. stercoralis, typhlo- 

 enteritis. 



Typhlocele {tif'-lo-sel). See Cecocele. 



Typhlodicliditis {tif-lo-di-kli-di' -tis) [rv<pMv, cecum ; 

 dm'/ tc, a folding door]. Inflammation of the ileocecal 

 valve. 



Typhloempyema (tif-lo-em-pi-e* '-mah) [rv<p?.6v, cecum ; 

 empyema~\. Abscess attending typhlitis. 



Typhloid (tif-loid) [tv<j>?.6c, blind; eldoc, likeness]. 

 Having defective vision. 



Typhlolithiasis (tif-lo-lith-i'-as-is) [tvQAov, cecum ; 

 Ai66c, stone]. The formation of calculi in the cecum. 



Typhlology (tif-lol'-o-je) [rwp^oc, blind; /o}of, 

 science]. The science of blindness. 



Typhlosis (tif-lo / '-sis) [rvep/oc, blind]. Blindness. 



Typhlostenosis (tif-lo-slen-o'-sis) [rv<pl6v, cecum; 

 stenosis]. Stenosis of the cecum. 



Typhloteritis [tif-lo-ter-i'-tis). See Tvphloenteritis 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Typhobacillosis (ti-fo-bas-il-o'-sis) [ri'cpoc, smoke ; 6a- 

 cillum, a small rod]. The systematic poisoning pro- 

 duced by the toxins formed by the typhoid bacillus. 



Typhoid. (See Illus. Diet.) See Sign, B\rruch's, 

 Filiporitch' 's. T., Abenteric, typhoid fever involving 

 other organs than those of the intestinal tract. Cf. 

 Arthrotyphoid, Pleurotvphoid ', Pncttmotypkoid, Spleno- 

 typhoid. T., Afebrile, a fonn of typhoid with the 

 usual symptoms, positive diazo and Widal reaction, 

 presence of rose-spots, but absence of increased tem- 

 perature. Eisner's Method of Diagnosing Ty- 

 phoid Fever consists in making cultures from water, 

 food, or from the stools of patients suffering from typhoid 

 fever, upon a special culture-medium, composed of 

 Holz's acid potato-gelatin with I r / r of potassium iodid. 

 Only a few forms of bacteria will grow upon tins 

 medium, and among these are Bacterium coli and the 

 typhoid bacillus; these latter are slow in growth and in 

 24 hours are scarcely visible with low power, whereas 

 the coli colonies have attained considerable growth. 

 After 48 hours the typhoid cultures appear in shining 



