Plain English Thesaurus

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Searching for words starting with "t".

19 words found

Instead of This	Try This
technicality	detail; minor point
terminal	fatal
terminate	end; stop
termination	end
the manner in which	how
therapeutic	healing; related to therapy
therapy	treatment
therefore	so
this serves to illustrate	this shows
time period	time
to the extent that	if; when
transform	alter; change
transition	change
transmit	send
transparent	see-through; open
transpire	happen; take place
tremor	shakiness
trigger	cause
turbulent	stormy; wild; intense

Plain Language Medical Dictionary

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