online medical dictionary | definition of Todd

<radiology> Non-displaced spiral fracture of tibia, no history of trauma, tender swelling of tibia, with or without periosteal new bone, main problem: make correct diagnosis Differential diagnosis: infection, tumour, non-accidental trauma (abuse)

(12 Dec 1998)

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A English physician, 1809-1860.

See: Todd's paralysis, Todd's postepileptic paralysis.

(05 Mar 2000)

Paralysis of temporary duration (normally not more than a few days) that occurs in the limb or limbs involved in jacksonian epilepsy after the seizure.

Synonyms: Todd's postepileptic paralysis.

(05 Mar 2000)

Preferred term: todd's paralysis

The unit in which the results of testing for antistreptolysin O (ASO) are expressed. It denotes the reciprocal of the highest dilution of test serum at which there continues to be neutralization of a standard preparation of the streptococcal enzyme streptolysin O.

(05 Mar 2000)

1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.

2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.

Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.

<zoology> Toddy bird, the common paradoxure; the palm cat.

Origin: Formed from Hind. Tai the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. Ta the palmyra tree, Skr. Tala.

(01 Mar 1998)