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versus, turned; abdomen, the 

 lower belly, abldmmis, of the 

 lower belly), the transverse muscle 

 of the abdomen, a muscle so 

 named from the direction of its 

 fibres, is the most internal flat 

 muscle of the abdomen, and sup- 

 ports and compresses the bowels : 

 trans versalis cervicis, serv'is^is, 

 or colli, kdftli (L. cervix, the 

 neck, cervicis, of the neck ; 

 collum, the neck, colli, of the 

 neck), the transverse muscle of 

 the neck ; a muscle on the inner 

 side of the longissimus dorsi, 

 arising by long tendons from the 

 summits of the transverse proc- 

 esses of the dorsal vertebrse (3-6), 

 and inserted into the five lower 

 cervical vertebrae. 

 transversus auriculae, transfers' 

 us dwr-ik'-ul-e (L. transversus, 

 directed across or athwart from 

 trans, across, versus, turned ; aur- 

 icula, the external ear, auriculce, 

 of the external ear), a muscle 

 placed on the cranial surface of 

 the pinna of the ear, consisting of 

 radiating fibres partly tendinous, 

 partly muscular : transversus 

 pedis, ped^is (L. pes, a'foot, pedis, 

 of a foot), a narrow, flat, muscular 

 faciculus, stretched transversely 

 across the heads of the metatarsal 

 bones, between them and the 

 flexor tendons : t. perinsei, p$r'- 

 w-e'-i (Gr. perinaion, the space 

 between the anus and the scrot- 

 um : new L. permceum, the perin- 

 eum, perincei, of the perinseum), 

 a narrow muscular slip, which 

 passes more or less transversely 

 across the back part of the perinseal 

 space. 



Trapa, n., trdp'-a (an adaptation 

 of L. tribulus, a caltrop, a kind 

 of thorn), a genus of aquatic 

 plants, Ord. Myrtacese, the fruit 

 of some of the species being fur- 

 nished with four spines : Trapa 

 natans, ndt'anz (L. natans, swim- 

 ming), the water-chestnut, which 

 is eaten : T. bicornis, U-korn'-is 



(L. bicornis, having two horns 

 from bis, twice, cornu, a horn), a 

 species remarkable for its horned 

 fruit, which is edible : T. bispin- 

 osa, bls'pin'ds'-a (L. bis, twice ; 

 spinosus, full of thorns), a species 

 whose seeds are large and edible, 

 largely cultivated ; in the East, 

 Singhara nuts. 



trapezium, n., trdp-es'i-um (Gr. 

 trapZzffin, a small table or coun- 

 ter), in anat., one of the wrist- 

 bones ; a bone of very irregular 

 form, situated at the external 

 and inferior part of the carpus, 

 between the scaphoid and first 

 metacarpal bone : trapezius, n., 

 trap-ez'-i-us, a broad, flat, tri- 

 angular muscle, immediately 

 beneath the skin, and covering 

 the upper and back part of the 

 neck and shoulders : trapezoid, 

 n., trap'ez-oyd (Gr. eidos, re- 

 semblance), the smallest in the 

 second of the wrist- bones, having 

 a wedge-shaped form. 



traumatic, a,, trdwm>at'-ik (L. 

 traumaticus, Gr. traumdtiktis, fit 

 for healing wounds from Gr. 

 trauma, a wound), applied to 

 symptoms arising from wounds 

 or local injuries : n., a medicine 

 for the cure or alleviation of 

 wounds. 



trefoil-tendon, a., tref-dyl (L. 

 trifolium, three -leaved grass 

 from tres, three ; ftilium, a leaf : 

 and tendon], in anat., a strong 

 aponeurosis, forming the central 

 andhighestpart of the diaphragm, 

 consisting of three lobes or alse ; 

 also named 'central tendon,' 

 'cordiform tendon,' or 'phrenic 

 centre.' 



Tremandraceae, n. plu., trVm'an* 

 draf-se-e (Gr. trema, a pore ; aner t 

 a male, andrds, of a male), an 

 Order of Heath-like shrubs of 

 Australia. 



Trematoda, n. plu., trim-at'-dd-d 

 (Gr. trema, an opening or pore, 

 tremdtos, of an opening ; eidos, 

 resemblance), in zool., an Order 



