TESTUDO
\tɛstjˈuːdə͡ʊ], \tɛstjˈuːdəʊ], \t_ɛ_s_t_j_ˈuː_d_əʊ]\
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A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
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A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; - so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
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A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
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A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; - so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
By Noah Webster.
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Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies
- group inherited disorders which share progressive ataxia combination with atrophy CEREBELLUM; PONS; inferior olivary nuclei. Additional features include RIGIDITY; NYSTAGMUS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; DEMENTIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA. familial has an earlier onset (second decade) and may feature spinal cord atrophy. sporadic form tends to present in the fifth or sixth decade, is considered a clinical subtype MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1085)