Tachycardiaa faster than normal heart rate |
Tachypnoearapid respiration |
Tactile hairlong thick hairs such as the whiskers in cats and dogs, that are highly sensitive to pressure and touch and which provide sensory information about the environment |
Targetthe area of the anode which electrons bombard during an exposure |
Temporary teethsee deciduous teeth |
Teratogenic |
Thermionic emissionthe process where electrons are released from the filament when it is heated |
Thermoluminescent dosemeter (TLD)a device for monitoring exposure to X-rays |
Thrombocytessee Platelets |
Tidal airthe air that passes in and out of the lungs in one breath |
Tidal volumethe volume of air that passes in and out of the lungs in one breath during normal respiration |
Timera device that controls the length of exposure |
Tissuea group of similar cells that all perform a particular function |
Tissue respiration |
Titrateto give small incremental doses of a drug to effect |
Tonsilitisinflammation of the tonsils |
Topical applicationtreatment applied to the skin or mucous membranes to act on these sites |
Total lung capacitythe volume of air breathed in with maximum inspiration or breathed out with maximum expiration; it is the vital capacity plus the residual volume |
Toxaemiathe presence of toxins in the blood |
Transaminationthe conversion of one amino acid into another by the liver |
Transcellular fluidthe portion of extracellular fluid formed by active cellular secretions |
Transcellular routethe path substances take to travel across the cells |
Transformeralters the mains voltage |
Transport vectorone that can shed the organism at any time |
Transudate |
Tube headthe structure that is responsible for producing X-rays |
Tungsten |