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inated, a., terb'-in-at'-ed (L. turb- 

 indtus, pointed like a cone from 

 turbo, a whirl, a whipping-top), 

 in bot. , in the form of a top ; 

 conical, with a round base ; in 

 anat., applied to certain twisted 

 bones of the nasal and olfactory 

 chambers. 



turio, n., tur'i'd (L. turio, the 

 tendril, a shoot), in bot. , a young 

 shoot covered with scales sent up 

 from an underground stem, as in 

 asparagus ; the early stage of a 

 sucker when invested with leaf 

 scales. 



turmeric, n., term'-er-ik (L. terra- 

 merita, valuable earth), the 

 branches of the rhizome or root- 

 stock of the 'Carcuma longa,' 

 Ord. Zingiberacese, reduced to a 

 powder, of a lemon-yellow colour; 

 see ' Carcuma.' 



TurneraceaB, n. plu., tern'-tir-d'sg-e 

 (after Rev. W. Turner, an English 

 botanist), the Turnera family, an 

 Order of plants, natives of "W. 

 Indies and S. America : Turnera, 

 n., tern'-er-a, a genus of elegant 

 plants when in flower : Turnera 

 opifera, op-if-er-a (L. opifer, 

 bringing power from ops, aid, 

 power ; f$ro, I bear), an astrin- 

 gent, used in Brazil for dyspepsia: 

 T. ulmifolia, ul'-mi-foV-i-a (L. 

 ulmus, an elm tree ; folium, a 

 leaf), a species considered tonic 

 and expectorant. 



turpentine, n., terp^nt-in (L. 

 terebinthus, Ger. terpentin, the 

 turpentine tree), a mixture of oil 

 and resin obtained from various 

 species of pine ; in the form 

 called 'oil of turpentine/ used 

 as a stimulant, diuretic, cathartic, 

 and anthelmintic. 



Tussilago, n., tusl-lag'-d (L. tus- 

 sis, a cough, as used in relieving 

 coughs), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Composite, Sub-ord. Corymbif- 

 erse: Tussilago farfara,/dr-/ar-a 

 (L. ftirfarus, the white poplar, 

 as its leaves resemble those of the 

 white poplar), the plant colt's- 



foot, has been used as a demul- 

 cent. 



tutamina oculi, tut-am'-in-a 616 

 ul'l (L. tutdmen, a defence or 

 protection ; oculus, the eye, oc- 

 uli, of the eye), the defences of 

 the eye, a name applied to the 

 eyelids. 



Tylophora, n., til-df-or-d (Gr. tul- 

 os, a protuberance, a hardening ; 

 phoreo, I bear), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Asclepiadacese, referring to 

 its ventricose pollen masses : 

 Tylophora asthmatica, ast-mat'- 

 ik-d (L. asthmaticus, afflicted 

 with shortness of breath from 

 Gr. asthma, shortness of breath), 

 an Indian plant, used instead of 

 ipecacuanha. 



tylosis, n., ttl-wtis (Gr. ffiltis, a 

 protuberance, a callosity), in 

 med., a kind of ichthyosis or 

 psoriasis of the tongue ; in bot., 

 the development of irregular cells 

 in the interior of pitted vessels, 

 as in the Walnut, Oak, and Elm. 



tympanum, n., timf-pan-um (L. 

 tympanum, Gr. tumpantin, a 

 drum, a timbrel), the drum-like 

 cavity which constitutes the 

 middle ear, familiarly called the 

 drum of the ear ; in bot., a mem 

 brane closing the thecse in urn 

 mosses: tympanic, a., twi-pan'-ik 

 of or pert, to : tympanites, n. 

 tlm'pan-it'-ez, also tympany, n., 

 tlm'-pari'i, a flatulent distension 

 of the abdomen, in which the 

 bowels swell up and resound like 

 a drum when percussed: tympan- 

 itis, n., tim'-pan-it'-is, inflamma- 

 tion of the lining membrane of 

 the tympanum. 



tynea sycosis, see 'tinea.' 



type, n., tip (L. typus, Gr. tupos, 

 a figure, an image), the perfect 

 representation or idea of anything; 

 the peculiarity in the form of a 

 disease ; the primary model : typ- 

 ical, a., tip-ik-dl, an individual 

 having pre-eminently the charac- 

 teristics of the species ; applied 

 to a species or genus exhibiting 



