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Thick Thicket Thigh Thimble Thin


~ THICK    id+ | BROAD  DENSE  LUXURIANT |
           ger DICK
~ THICKET  biol> THICK or DENSE GROWTH OF TREES
~ THIGH    id+ | FAT  SWOLLEN or MUSCULAR THICK |
           cont> see> MUSLO
~ THIMBLE  id+ | METAL TIP | also note
           cont> see> THUMB
  med> see>  THUMB implies THICK FINGER
                           akin to a THIGH
  eng        TUBER         KNOT in TUBERCULOSIS
             TUMOR         DISORDER  TUMULT
             TURGOR        TURGENT  ERECT
  lat        TUBER         SWELLING or KNOT
             TUMERE        SWELL
  lith       TUKTI         TO BECOME FAT
             TAUKAS        ANIMAL FAT  sug> LARD
  gr         TUMBOS        BURIAL MOUND
  sp         TUMBA         see> TOMB
             TUMBAR        TO MAKE FALL
             TUMBADO       FALLEN
  old Irish  TOM           MOUND  BURIAL  KNOLL
  biol> TUBER implies UNDERGROUND PLANT TISSUE
        also SMALL PLANT EXCRESCENCE
  med> TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS IS A GENETIC AUTOSOMAL
       DOMINANT MUTATION CAUSING THE GROWTH OF
  MULTIPLE TUBER LIKE NEOPLASTIC NODES and also
  TRULY MALIGNANT CANCERS
  NEOPLASTIC NODES DISORDER
  cont> see> THUMB
  see> TUBER    sug> TUBERCULOSIS
  see> TUMOR    see> TURBID
  see> TURGOR   see> SINUS


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