TOUGHLOVE INTERNATIONAL
an organization for mothers and fathers, kids, or communities, operating on a volunteer basis, for those who want or need…
TRACHEOSTOMY
noun. surgery to make an opening into the trachea via the neck to alleviate handicapped or blocked breathing.
TRAJECTORIES OF DYING
the rate of motion and the length of the progression from a life-threatening condition to one's demise. The lingering trajectory…
TRANSCENDENCE NEED
with regard to the psychoanalysis of Erich Tromm, the human requirement to create, so as to surpass passivity and gain…
TRANSLOCATION
noun. the destruction of a large portion of DNA from one chromosome and its subsequent attachment to another chromosome. It…
TRANSVESTISM
noun. the procedure or habit of wearing the clothing garments of the other gender. Commonly referred to as transvestitism.
TREATMENT BIAS
1. a propensity for the form of remediation rendered unto a patient to be determined or impacted by the social…
TRIAL CONSULTANT
a social scientist who helps lawyers with many different aspects of a trial wherein their expertise is pertinent. Trial consultation…
TRICHOTILLOMANIA
noun. an impulse-control disorder marked by continual hair tugging or pulling on any area of one's body where hair grows,…
TRIIODOTHYRONINE (T3)
a hormone consisting of iodine which, combined with thyroxine, controls metabolic activity.
TROCHLEAR NERVE
the fourth cranial nerve, that consists of motor fibers providing the eyeball's superior oblique muscle.
TRUNCATED DISTRIBUTION
a distribution of cases which lacks at least one, if not both, ends of the distribution of values.
TUKEY TEST OF ADDITIVITY
a statistical test of the analysis which there are no interactions in experimental models wherein there is just one person…
TWILIGHT STATE
a state of clouded awareness wherein the person is transiently not aware of their current environment, experiences fleeting auditory or…
TWO-WAY FACTORIAL DESIGN, TWO-FACTOR THEORY
1. a theory of avoidance learning positing that avoidance actions are due to two types of conditioning. To start, stimulants…
TYPE IV CELL
a form of cell presumed to be a stem cell for the cultivation of taste cells. Type IV cells consist…
TECTORIAL MEMBRANE
a portion of the organ of corti within the cochlea. It contains a semigelatinous membrane wherein the stereocilia of the…