See Also: tepa(dictionary)
TEPA(medicine)
Hasner(medicine)
Hasner's fold(medicine)
Hasner's valve(medicine)
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Hasner's fold (medicine) and tepa (iou)


Hasner's fold (medicine)


Hasner's fold -->
lacrimal fold


A fold of mucous membrane guarding the lower opening of the nasolacrimal duct.

Synonym: plica lacrimalis, Bianchi's valve, Hasner's fold, Hasner's valve, Huschke's valve, Rosenmuller's valve.


tepa (iou)



tepa noun. M20.
[from the initial letters of TRI-, ETHYLENE, PHOSPH-, and AMIDE, elems. of the systematic name.]
Chemistry. An organophosphorus compound, PO(N(CH2)2)3, used as an insect sterilant and formerly to treat cancer.