Letter: t

Tuberculosis

Cessation of the flow of blood into an organ or area of the body by pressure, as in cardiac tamponade when accumulated fluid compress the heart during congestive heart failure.

A basic silicate of magnesium, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2, used as a solid lubricant. Causes foreign body reaction in the body producing granulomas and adhesions. Banned from most surgical gloves in the US & Europe by the 1960s.

Abnormally rapid breathing.

Rapid heart rate usually greater than 100 beats per minute in adults.