Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 2:38 PM
Site: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses
Course: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses (VetLogic)
Glossary: Glossary with audio assistance
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Tissue respiration

Titrate

to give small incremental doses of a drug to effect

Tonsilitis

inflammation of the tonsils

Topical application

treatment applied to the skin or mucous membranes to act on these sites

Total lung capacity

the volume of air breathed in with maximum inspiration or breathed out with maximum expiration; it is the vital capacity plus the residual volume

Toxaemia

the presence of toxins in the blood

Transamination

the conversion of one amino acid into another by the liver

Transcellular fluid

the portion of extracellular fluid formed by active cellular secretions

Transcellular route

the path substances take to travel across the cells

Transformer

alters the mains voltage