See Also: phycomater(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Trichomonas(health)
Trichomonas(medicine)
Trichomonas ovis(medicine)
Trichomonas vaginalis(medicine)
Trichomonas tenax(medicine)
Trichomonas suis(medicine)
Trichomonas hominis(medicine)
Trichomonas gallinarum(medicine)

Trichomonas tenax (medicine) and phycomater (medicine)


Trichomonas tenax (medicine)


Trichomonas tenax


A species that lives as a commensal in the mouth of humans and Other primates, especially in the tartar around the teeth or in the defects of carious teeth; there is no evidence of direct pathogenesis, but it is frequently associated with pyogenic organisms in pus pockets or at the base of teeth.

Synonym: Trichomonas buccalis.


phycomater (medicine)


phycomater
<botany> A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Seaweed + L. Mater mother.

Source: Websters Dictionary