Thrombosis
Gr. thrombosis = clotting Refers to the formation of a intravasal blood clot, blocking blood flow. Thrombosis can occur in veins or arteries respectively, with different underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms.
Thyroid
Gr. thyreos = a sheld, and eidos = resemblance. From a figure-of-eight shield used by the Greeks.
Toxoplasma
Gr. toxikon = poisoned arrow, toxon = bow, and plasma = something molded This genus of intracellular parasitic protozoa was named for its arc-like shape. Charles Nicolle and Louis Manceaux published the…
Trachea
Gr. tracheia = rough. Tracheia bears the feminine ending to agree with arteria. The greeks believed that arteries contained air; Aristotle called the arteries smooth, while he named the windpipe "rough artery".
Tragus
Gr. tragos = a male goat. This part of the external ear received this name because of the hairs which grow there, like a billy goat.
Trapezius
Gr. trapeza = a table. Originally a contraction of tetrapeza = four-legged.
Trochanter
Gr. trochanter = a runner; derived from trochos = a wheel. The name of the processes below the neck of the femur.
Ureter
Gr. outeter, from ouron = urne, and the suffix -ter, denoting the instrument. Applied to the upper urinary canal.