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in lot., the scaly 

 coats which cover leaf-buds. 



tegument, n., ieg r -um-%nt (L. teg- 

 umentum, a covering), any natural 

 covering or envelope : tegument- 

 ary, a., teg^um^nt-dr-i, connected 

 with the tegument or skin. 



tola, n., tel'-a (L. tela, a web), in 

 anal., applied to any web-like 

 tissue : tela choroidea, kor-vydf- 

 %-d (Gr. chdritin, skin or leather ; 

 eidos, resemblance), the choroid 

 web ; in anat., the membrane 

 which connects the two choroid 

 plexuses of the two sides -of the 

 cerebrum together. 



teleangiectasis, n., K#g-^/-f*g# 

 tas-is (Gr. tele, distant, remote ; 

 anggeion, a vessel ; elcteino, I 

 distend), the expansion of the 

 remote vessels ; a disease of the 

 capillaries, called ' aneurism by 

 anastomosis,' or 'erectile tumour'; 

 a congenital affection, presenting 

 a cutaneous swelling of a circum- 

 scribed form. 



Teleostei, n. plu., tel'-e-fct'-Z-i (Gr. 

 teleios, perfect ; ostecn, bone), the 

 Order of the Bony-fishes. 



teleutospores, n. plu., tel-ut'o- 

 sporz (Gr. teleute, an end, a con- 

 clusion ; *pora, seed), the spores 

 of the preceding generation -; long 

 two-celled spores ending the 

 vegetation of Puccinia, and begin- 

 ning a new generation in spring. 



telson, n., telson (Gr. telsSn, the 

 end, extremity), the last joint in 

 the abdomen of Crustacese, form- 

 ing a supposed segment without 

 appendages. 



temporal, a., temp'-or-al (L. 

 tempordlis, lasting but for a time 

 from tempus, time, tempSris, 

 of time), pert, to or relating to 

 the temples, as the temporal bone, 

 the temporal arteries, etc. : temp- 

 oro-facial, temp'-tir-d-fash'-i-al (L. 

 fades, the face), the larger of the 

 two temporal branches of the 

 facial nerve : t. maxillary, maks' 

 tt'ldr-l, or^maks'tt'-lar>t, applied 

 to the articulation of the lower 



jaw by its condyle on each side 

 with the smooth surface of the 

 temporal bone ; one of the veins 

 of the head : t. parietal, par-l- 

 Zt'dl, a suture which joins the 

 temporal and parietal bones of 

 the skull. 



tendo Achillis, tended ak-il'-lls (F. 

 tendon, L. tendo, a tendon, the 

 end of a muscle from tendo, I 

 -stretch; Achillis, of Achilles), 

 the tendon of Achilles, a strong 

 tendon which is inserted into the 

 heel, so called from the heel 

 having been the only vulnerable 

 part in Achilles, from a wound in 

 which in battle he died. 



tendon, n., tend'dn (F. tendon, L. 

 tendo, the end of a muscle, a 

 tendon from tendo, I stretch ; 

 Gr. tenon, a tendon from teino, 

 I stretch), a fibrous cord at the 

 extremity of a muscle, by which 

 the muscle is attached to a bone : 

 tendon of insertion, the part of 

 the tendon by which a muscle is 

 attached to a bone : tendon of the 

 biceps (see * biceps '), the tendon 

 at the end of the biceps muscle. 



tendril, n., tendril (F. tendron, 

 the tender shoot of a plant ; old 

 F. tendrillon, a tendril: L. tener, 

 tender), the twisting claws of a 

 climbing plant by which it at- 

 taches itself to an object for sup- 

 port. 



tension, n., ien'-shtin (L. tensus, 

 drawn tight), the act of stretching 

 or straining ; the state of being 

 stretched to its full length : 

 tensor, n., tenser, a muscle 

 which stretches any part : tensor 

 palati, pal-at'-i (L. paldtum, the 

 palate, paldti, of the palate), the 

 tensor of the palate : t. tarsi, 

 tdrs'i (Gr. tarsos, the edge of 

 the eyelid, the sole of the foot), 

 one of the small muscles of the 

 eyelids : t. vaginae femoris, 

 vadj-in'e fern'tir-is (L. tensor, a 

 stretcher; vagina, a sheath, vdg- 

 ince, of a sheath ; and/gmwr, the 

 thigh, femoris, of a thigh), a 



