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Thalassemia
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Thalassemia An inherited disorder in which abnormal hemoglobin is formed; required repeated blood transfusions result in iron loading with especial impairment of functions of pituitary, heart and pancreas; prevalent in countries bordering the Mediterranean, in the Middle East, and in India and Southeast Asia.
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Abnormal
Not normal. Deviating from the usual structure, position, condition, or behavior. In referring to a growth, abnormal may mean that it is cancerous or premalignant (likely to become cancer).
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is a substance contained within the red blood cells and is responsible for their color. It has the unique property of combining reversibly with oxygen and is the medium by which oxygen is transported within the body. It takes up oxygen as blood passes through the lungs and releases it as blood passes through the tissues.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Iron
A mineral in the body that works with protein to make hemoglobin, essential for the blood.
Impairment
A defect in organ function or whole body system, which may be temporary or permanent (eg. hemiplegia).
Pituitary
The gland from which a number of hormones are released into the bloodstream. These hormones include growth hormone, ACTH, B-lipocortin (the precursor to B-endorphorin), FSH, LH, and TSH.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
Pancreas
A large, elongated gland located behind the lower portion of the stomach that secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon into the blood. These hormones are essential in regulating blood sugar levels. The pancreas also secretes enzymes into the small intestine that help with digestion and neutralize acid from the stomach.
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Thalassemia trait
Thalassemia trait refers to Thalassemia minor, a form of anemia .
Thalassotherapy
The treatment of illness by sea air and sea water. It encompasses sea bathing, ocean voyaging, and sojourning at seaside resorts.
Thalidomide
A sedative and hypnotic drug first marketed in the 1950s before it was known to cause pregnant women to give birth to babies with either missing limbs (amelia) or phocomelia (seal-flipper deformity of arms and/or legs)
Thalitone
Thalitone is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): chlorthalidone.
Thallium
Thallium refers to a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
Thallium Exercise Stress Test (Stress thallium test, Perfusion scan)
A type of nuclear scanning technique that uses the radioactive substance thallium. A thallium stress test combines nuclear scanning with exercise on a treadmill or stationary bicycle to assess heart function and determine if there is adequate flood flow to the myocardium.
Thallium stress test
A study in which radioactive potassium is carried by the blood and the progress is followed by x-ray pictures.
Thallous chloride tl 201
Thallous chloride tl 201 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thallous chloride, tl-201.
Thalomid
Thalomid is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thalidomide.
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T4
The thyroid hormone that is released from the thyroid gland in response to TSH, which generates cyclic AMP.
Trachea
The trachea is a tube which extends from the larynx to the esophagus. It is connected to the trachea at about the area where the larynx is located. It functions as a tube for air to pass through from the external environment to the lungs. It is composed of C-shaped cartilage rings which are embedded in the smooth muscle. The cartilage prevents the trachea from collapsing and closing off the airway.
Thromboembolism
A condition in which a blood clot fragment breaks off from one part of the body and blocks a blood vessel in another part of the body.
Tremor
Various rhythmic involuntary movements involving the arms, legs or head, occurring in numerous illnesses and conditions and greatly varying in type and severity.
Tunnel vision
Lack of a high-level view of a hypermedia system. Tunnel vision is caused by, among other things, information being presented in small fragments not related to their context. The opposite to world vision.
Thalassemia
Talus
Most superior bone of the foot that provides the primary connection between the leg and the foot and that articulates with the calcaneus to make up the subtalar joint.
Tibia
The segment of the leg between the femur and the tarsus.
Tarsus
Upper ankle region, or parts corresponding to it.
Trophoblast
A granular protoplasmic body; a plastid, formed from , eventually surrounds the entire embryo; insert themselves between uterine epithelial cells, then spread along the epithelial surface of the basal lamina that underlies the endometrial epithelium to form a trophoplate.
Telophase
The final stage of mitosis in which the chromosomes migrate to opposite poles, a new nuclear envelope forms, and the chromosomes uncoil. The last phase of nuclear division in eukaryotes when the segregated chromosomes uncoil and begin to reform nuclei. This is immediately followed (in most cases) by cytokinesis.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Abnormal
Not normal. Deviating from the usual structure, position, condition, or behavior. In referring to a growth, abnormal may mean that it is cancerous or premalignant (likely to become cancer).
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is a substance contained within the red blood cells and is responsible for their color. It has the unique property of combining reversibly with oxygen and is the medium by which oxygen is transported within the body. It takes up oxygen as blood passes through the lungs and releases it as blood passes through the tissues.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Iron
A mineral in the body that works with protein to make hemoglobin, essential for the blood.
Impairment
A defect in organ function or whole body system, which may be temporary or permanent (eg. hemiplegia).
Pituitary
The gland from which a number of hormones are released into the bloodstream. These hormones include growth hormone, ACTH, B-lipocortin (the precursor to B-endorphorin), FSH, LH, and TSH.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
Pancreas
A large, elongated gland located behind the lower portion of the stomach that secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon into the blood. These hormones are essential in regulating blood sugar levels. The pancreas also secretes enzymes into the small intestine that help with digestion and neutralize acid from the stomach.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Thalassemia trait
Thalassemia trait refers to Thalassemia minor, a form of anemia .
Thalassotherapy
The treatment of illness by sea air and sea water. It encompasses sea bathing, ocean voyaging, and sojourning at seaside resorts.
Thalidomide
A sedative and hypnotic drug first marketed in the 1950s before it was known to cause pregnant women to give birth to babies with either missing limbs (amelia) or phocomelia (seal-flipper deformity of arms and/or legs)
Thalitone
Thalitone is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): chlorthalidone.
Thallium
Thallium refers to a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
Thallium Exercise Stress Test (Stress thallium test, Perfusion scan)
A type of nuclear scanning technique that uses the radioactive substance thallium. A thallium stress test combines nuclear scanning with exercise on a treadmill or stationary bicycle to assess heart function and determine if there is adequate flood flow to the myocardium.
Thallium stress test
A study in which radioactive potassium is carried by the blood and the progress is followed by x-ray pictures.
Thallous chloride tl 201
Thallous chloride tl 201 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thallous chloride, tl-201.
Thalomid
Thalomid is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thalidomide.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
T4
The thyroid hormone that is released from the thyroid gland in response to TSH, which generates cyclic AMP.
Trachea
The trachea is a tube which extends from the larynx to the esophagus. It is connected to the trachea at about the area where the larynx is located. It functions as a tube for air to pass through from the external environment to the lungs. It is composed of C-shaped cartilage rings which are embedded in the smooth muscle. The cartilage prevents the trachea from collapsing and closing off the airway.
Thromboembolism
A condition in which a blood clot fragment breaks off from one part of the body and blocks a blood vessel in another part of the body.
Tremor
Various rhythmic involuntary movements involving the arms, legs or head, occurring in numerous illnesses and conditions and greatly varying in type and severity.
Tunnel vision
Lack of a high-level view of a hypermedia system. Tunnel vision is caused by, among other things, information being presented in small fragments not related to their context. The opposite to world vision.
Thalassemia
Talus
Most superior bone of the foot that provides the primary connection between the leg and the foot and that articulates with the calcaneus to make up the subtalar joint.
Tibia
The segment of the leg between the femur and the tarsus.
Tarsus
Upper ankle region, or parts corresponding to it.
Trophoblast
A granular protoplasmic body; a plastid, formed from , eventually surrounds the entire embryo; insert themselves between uterine epithelial cells, then spread along the epithelial surface of the basal lamina that underlies the endometrial epithelium to form a trophoplate.
Telophase
The final stage of mitosis in which the chromosomes migrate to opposite poles, a new nuclear envelope forms, and the chromosomes uncoil. The last phase of nuclear division in eukaryotes when the segregated chromosomes uncoil and begin to reform nuclei. This is immediately followed (in most cases) by cytokinesis.
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