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1. Bardet Biedl syndrome Is a ciliopathic human genetic disorder that produces many effects and affects many body systems. It is characterized principally by obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, mental More… 2.8 KB
2. Polyploidy Polyploidy occurs in cells and organisms when there are more than two homologous sets of chromosomes. Polyploidy is a state different from most organisms which are normally diploid More… 1.6 KB
3. T cells T cells belong to a group of white blood cells known as lymphocytes, and play a central role in cell-mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocyte types, such as B cells More… 0.6 KB
4. TORCH complex TORCH Complex (aka TORCHES or the TORCH infections) is a medical acronym for a set of 5 congenital infections (i.e. that are passed from an infected mother to her fetus).Symptoms of a TORCH More… 1.2 KB
5. Takayasus arteritis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that affects the aorta and its branches. Although it has been reported worldwide, it shows a predilection for young Asian women. Females with More… 2.6 KB
6. Tetracycline Tetracycline (INN) is a broad-spectrum polyketide antibiotic produced by the Streptomyces genus of Actinobacteria, indicated for use against many bacterial infections. It is commonly used to More… 0.6 KB
7. Theanine Theanine is an amino acid commonly found in tea (infusions of Camellia sinensis), and also in the basidiomycete mushroom Boletus badius. In 1950 the Tea laboratory of Kyoto successfully More… 1.8 KB
8. Third variable loop The third variable loop or V3 loop is a part or region of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The V3 loop of the viron's envelope glycoprotein, gp120, allows it to infect human immune More… 0.5 KB
9. Threonine Threonine (abbr as Thr or T) is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH(OH)CH3. Its codons are ACU, ACA, ACC, and ACG. This essential amino acid is classified as polar. More… 0.6 KB
10. Thyroxine Thyroxine, or 3,5,3',5'-tetra iodothyronine (often abbreviated as T4), a form of thyroid hormones is the major hormone secreted by the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. More… 1.5 KB
11. Tick borne encephalitis Tick-borne meningoencephalitis or Tick-borne encephalitis is a tick-borne viral infection of the central nervous system affecting humans as well as most other mammals. It is caused by the More… 0.9 KB
12. Tick paralysis Tick paralysis is the only tick-borne disease that is not caused by an infectious organism. The illness is caused by a neurotoxin produced in the tick's salivary gland. After prolonged More… 1.6 KB
13. Tietz syndrome Tietz syndrome is a condition characterized by deafness and albinism. (Tietz syndrome is not to be confused with Tietze's syndrome, which is a benign inflammation of the cartilages More… 0.4 KB
14. Tinnitus Tinnitus is the perception of sound within the human ear in the absence of corresponding external sound. Tinnitus can be perceived in one or both ears or in the head. It is usually More… 2.4 KB
15. Tissue-plasminogen tissue-plasminogen a. (tPA, TPA) An enzyme made by genetic engineering techniques that is capable of dissolving blood clots, such as those obstructing coronary arteries. by producing More… 0.3 KB
16. Todd paresis Todd's paresis or Todd's paralysis (or postictal paresis/paralysis, "after seizure") is focal weakness in a part of the body after a seizure. This weakness typically More… 0.9 KB
17. Tolosa Hunt syndrome Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is a rare disorder characterized by severe and unilateral headaches with extraocular palsies, usually involving the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cranial nerves, More… 1.7 KB
18. Tooth and nail syndrome Tooth and nail syndrome (also known as "Hypodontia with nail dysgenesis," and "Witkop syndrome") is a rare disorder, first described in 1965, characterized by nails that More… 0.3 KB
19. Tooth filling A dental restoration or dental filling is a dental restorative material used to restore the function, integrity and morphology of missing tooth structure. The structural loss typically More… 0.8 KB
20. Tooth fusion The phenomenon of tooth fusion arises through union of two normally separated tooth germs, and depending upon the stage of development of the teeth at the time of union, it may be either More… 0.9 KB
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