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testiculate (tgstik'ulat) a. Testicular. 



testis (tes'tis) #., testes (teVtez) plu, 

 [L. testis, a testicle.] Paired male 

 reproductive glands producing 

 spermatozoa (anat., zool.). 



testudinate (testu'dinat) a. [L. testudo, 

 a tortoise.] Having a hard pro- 

 tective shell, as in the Tortoise. 



tetanlform (teYamform) a. [Gk. 

 tetanos, stretched ; L. forma, 

 shape.] Like tetanus ; tetanoid 

 (Phys.). 



tetanlze (tet'aniz) v. [Gk. tetanos, 

 stretched.] To cause a muscle to 

 contract by a series of induction 

 shocks (phys.). 



tetanus (tgt'anus) n. [Gk. tetanos, 

 stretched.] State of a muscle under- 

 going a continuous fused series of 

 contractions due to faradization 

 (phys.) ; a rigid state of plant tissue 

 caused by continued stimulus (bot.). 



tetrabranchiate (tet'rabrang'kiat) a. 

 [Gk. tetras, four ; brangchia, gills.] 

 Having four gills (zool.}. 



tetracarpellary (tet'rakarpeTari) a. 

 [Gk. tetras, four ; karpos, fruit.] 

 Having four carpels (bot.). 



tetracerous (tet'rase'rus, te'tras'e'rus) 

 a. [Gk. tetras, four ; keras, horn.] 

 Four-horned (zool.). 



tetrachotomous tet'rakot'omus) a. 

 [Gk. tetracha, fourfold ; tome, a 

 cutting.] Divided up into fours 

 (biol). 



tetracoccus (tet'rakok'us) n. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; kokkos, a kernel.] 

 Minute organisms found in groups 

 of four (bact.). 



tetracrepid (tet'rakrep'id) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; krepis, foundation.] 

 Appl. a minute calthrops or four- 

 rayed spicule (zool.). 



tetract (tSt'rakt) n. [Gk. tetras, four ; 

 aktis, ray.] A four-rayed spicule 

 (zool). 



tetractine (tgtrak'tin) n. [Gk. tetras, 

 four ; aktis, ray.] A spicule of 

 four equal and similar rays meeting 

 at equal angles ; a tetraxon (zool.). 



tetracyclic (tet'rasfklik) a. [Gk. tetras, 

 four ; kyklos, a circle.] With four 

 whorls (bot.). 



tetrad (tgt'rad) n. [Gk. tetras, four.] 

 A group of four ; appl. the four- 

 cell stage in the development of 

 Bryophytes and Pteridophytes (bot.); 



a quadruple group of chromatin 

 of the germinal vesicle in matura- 

 tion ; a quadrangular mass or loop 

 of chromosomes in a stage of 

 mitosis (cyt.). 



tetradactyl (tet'radak'til) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; daktylos, finger.] 

 Having four digits (zool.). 



tetradynamous (tgt'radin'amus) a. 

 [Gk. tetras, four ; dynamis, power.] 

 Having four long stamens and two 

 short (bot.). 



tetragonal (tetrag'dnal) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; gonia, an angle.] 

 Quaternary (bot.). 



tetragynous (tetraj'mus) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; gyne, a female.] With 

 four carpels to a gynoecium (bot.). 



tetralophodont (tet'ralof'odont) a. 

 [Gk. tetras, four ; lophos, crest ; 

 odous, tooth.] Appl. molar teeth 

 with four ridges (zool.). 



tetralophous (tet'ralof'us) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; lophos, crest.] Appl. 

 a spicule with four rays branched 

 or crested (zool.). 



tetramerous (te'tram'e'rus) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; meros, part.] Com- 

 posed of four parts ; in multiples 

 of four (bot.). 



tetrandrous (tetran'drus) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; aner, man.] Having 

 four stamens (bot.). 



tetrapetalous (tet'rapgt'alus) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; pe talon, a leaf.] H avi ng 

 four petals (bot.). 



tetrapneumonous (tet'rapnu'monus) a. 

 [Gk. tetras, four ; pneumon, lung.] 

 Having four lungs, as certain 

 Spiders (zool.). 



tetrapod (teYrapod) n. [Gk. tetras, 

 four ; pous, foot.] A four-footed 

 animal. 



tetrapterous (tetrap'tgrus) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; pteron, wing.] Having 

 four wings (zool.). 



tetrapyrenous (tet'raplre'nus) a. [Gk. 

 tetras, four ; pyren, a fruit-stone.] 

 Having a four-stoned fruit (bot.). 



tetraquetrous (te'trak'we'trus) a. [Gk. 

 tetraSyiour ; L. quadratus, squared.] 

 Having four angles, as some stems 

 (bot.). 



tetrarch (tet'rark) a. [Gk. tetras, 

 four ; archos, a ruler.] With four 

 protoxylems in the vascular bundle 

 (bot.). 



