TOMOGRAPHY
noun. a method for discovering and displaying the detailed anatomy of a tissue or organ via a specific plane.
TONIC PUPIL OF ADIE
a unilateral eye defect, elicited by injury to the nerves supplying the intrinsic eye muscles, wherein the student responds poorly…
TOP-DOWN ANALYSIS
1. a deductive approach to problem-solving which starts with a hypothesis or general standard and goes on from this to…
TOPOGRAPHICAL MEMORY
memory for the ordering and unions of items within a spatial environment.
TRAINING SYSTEMS DESIGN
a specialty region wherein standards pulled from cognitive ergonomics and general educational theory are employed upon the modeling and assessment…
TRANSACTION
noun. 1. any interaction between the person and the social or physical surroundings, particularly during involvement between at least two…
TRANSCORTICAL
adjective. referencing the passage of activity from one portion of the cerebral cortex to another portion.
TRANSFERENCE RESISTANCE
with regard to psychoanalysis, a type of resistance to the revealing of unconscious material, wherein the client keeps silent or…
TRANSITIONAL LIVING
a supervised living scenario which permits psychiatric or neurological patients to progress from the dependence they have on a hospital…
TRANSPLANTATION
noun. 1. the surgical implanting of an organ or tissue from one portion of the body to another or from…
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TB1)
injury to brain tissue elicited by outside mechanical forces, as proven by unbiased neurological findings, posttraumatic amnesia, cranial fracture, or…
TREATMENT RESISTANCE
1. rejection or resistance on the behalf of a person to accept psychological or medical remediation or unwillingness to adhere…
TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE
the proposition positing that the many different kinds of love can be typed with regard to the level to which…
TRIFLUOPERAZINE
noun. a high-potency antipsychotic belonging to the piperazine phenothiazines. Similar to other agents of the same class, it functions mainly…
TROPHOTROPIC
adjective. correlated to or regarding an ability or tendency for energy renewal, that being, for rest or sleep.