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Thecal sac

Thecal sac (dural sac, saccus durae matris spinalis): the dural sheath in the spinal canal enclosing the spinal cord, cauda equina, and cerebrospinal fluid; key MRI stenosis marker, lumbar puncture target, and SBRT contour.

Thechikottukavu Ramachandran

Thechikottukavu Ramachandran, known as Raman (തെച്ചിക്കോട്ടുകാവ് രാമചന്ദ്രൻ), is a captive male Asian elephant owned by a temple in Thrissur district, Kerala, India, born around 1964. He opens Thrissur Pooram.

Thecogen cell

Thecogen cell (sheath cell, fly sheath cell, CL:0000380): the innermost auxiliary support cell of insect sensilla, enveloping sensory neuron somata and inner dendrites; expresses nompA, buffers K+, and is distinct from trichogen and tormogen cells.

Thecosmilia

Thecosmilia, extinct phaceloid scleractinian coral genus established by Milne Edwards & Haime 1848; type species Thecosmilia trichotoma (Goldfuss 1826); Middle Triassic to Eocene, typical of Upper Jurassic reefs.

Theda Bara

Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman (1885–1955), was an American silent film star whose 1915 role as The Vampire in A Fool There Was made "vamp" an American word and made her the first wholly publicity-fabricated movie star.

Theda Skocpol

Theda Skocpol is an American sociologist and political scientist, the Victor S. Thomas Professor at Harvard since 1998, known for States and Social Revolutions (1979) and the 2007 Skytte Prize.

Thee Ivan

Thee Ivan (தீ இவன்) is a 2023 Tamil family drama directed, written, scored, and produced by Jayamurugan T.M., starring Karthik Muthuraman and Sukanya, released 8 December 2023, 177 minutes, UA certified.

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (ザ・ミッシェル・ガン・エレファント)

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (ザ・ミッシェル・ガン・エレファント) was a Japanese rock band formed in 1991, known for a hard-driving garage punk sound, that disbanded in October 2003 at the height of its popularity.

Theeb (ذيب)

Theeb (ذيب, "wolf") is a 2014 Jordanian-British coming-of-age film by Naji Abu Nowar, set in 1916 Hejaz, starring non-professional Bedouin actor Jacir Eid; Venice Orizzonti best director winner and 2016 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai

Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai (தீராத விளையாட்டுப் பிள்ளை), also spelled Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai, is a 2010 Tamil romantic comedy directed by Thiru, starring Vishal Krishna, Neetu Chandra, Sarah-Jane Dias, and Tanushree Dutta, music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, released 12 February 2010.

Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (தீரன் அதிகாரம் ஒன்று)

Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (தீரன் அதிகாரம் ஒன்று), aka Theeran or Khakee, is H. Vinoth's 2017 Tamil action thriller starring Karthi, based on the Operation Bawaria case led by DGP S. R. Jangid, released 17 November 2017.

Theertharoopa Thandeyavarige

Theertharoopa Thandeyavarige (ತೀರ್ಥರೂಪ ತಂದೆಯವರಿಗೆ), a 2026 Kannada family drama by Ramenahalli Jagannatha, first Kannada release of 2026, starring Nihar Mukesh, Sithara, Rachana Inder; streamed on Prime Video.

Theethuch Khummuang

Theethuch Khummuang (องศา ธีธัช คุ้มเมือง), nicknamed Ongsa, is a Thai actor and singer born 2005 in Lopburi; Voice Kids Thailand 2020 contestant, Siwat in The Cursed Love (2025), Prince Thinnakon in The Edge of Horizon (2026).

Theevandi (തീവണ്ടി)

Theevandi (തീവണ്ടി) is a 2018 Malayalam comedy drama, Fellini T.P.'s debut, starring Tovino Thomas as chain-smoker Bineesh Damodaran, with Samyuktha Menon and a political satire thread; released 7 September 2018.

Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru

Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (TVSK, தீயா வேலை செய்யணும் குமாரு), also made in Telugu as Something Something, is a 2013 Tamil romantic comedy directed by Sundar C., starring Siddharth, Hansika Motwani, and Santhanam as a love guru, released 14 June 2013.

Theeyavar Kulai Nadunga

Theeyavar Kulai Nadunga (தீயவர் குலை நடுங்க), also Theeyavar Kulaigal Nadunga, is a 2025 Tamil crime thriller directed by debutant Dinesh Lakshmanan, starring Arjun Sarja as Inspector Magudapathi and Aishwarya Rajesh; released 21 November 2025, streamed on SunNXT from 12 December 2025.

Thefarie Velianas

Thefarie Velianas was the supreme magistrate of the Etruscan city of Caere (modern Cerveteri) around 500 BC, known from the gold Pyrgi tablets found in 1964.

Theft

Theft, historically larceny at common law, is the dishonest appropriation of another's property with intent to permanently deprive; defined by England's Theft Act 1968 and codified in systems like the Indian Penal Code 1860.

Theft of Bolívar's sword

Theft of Bolívar's sword: M-19 guerrillas took Simón Bolívar's sword from Bogotá's Quinta de Bolívar on 17 January 1974 as symbolic propaganda, hid it about 16 years, and returned it in January 1991 after demobilizing.

Theft of the golden sarcophagus of Alexander

The theft of the golden sarcophagus of Alexander was Ptolemy X's removal of Alexander the Great's gold coffin from his Alexandria tomb in about 89 BC.

Thegidi

Thegidi (2014) is a Tamil neo-noir mystery thriller directed by P. Ramesh, starring Ashok Selvan and Janani Iyer, about a detective whose surveillance subjects are murdered in an insurance scam; Telugu dub Bhadram.

Thegn

Thegn (OE þegn, thane): Anglo-Saxon retainer and, by the tenth and eleventh centuries, a rank of landholding freemen between ceorl and ealdorman, marked by 1,200-shilling wergild, five-hide qualifications, and service obligations; dispossessed after 1066.

Theh Gatti

Theh Gatti (Theh Ghatti) is an ASI-protected archaeological mound at Nagar, Phillaur tehsil, Jalandhar, Punjab, with a 5 m deposit spanning Painted Grey Ware, Kushana, and early medieval periods.

Theia (Θεία)

Theia (Θεία), also Thea, a Greek Titaness, daughter of Uranus and Gaia, wife of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos; goddess of sight and gold's brilliance, named Euryphaessa in the Homeric Hymn to Helios.

Theia Mons

Theia Mons is a large shield volcano in Beta Regio on Venus, the main volcanic center of the Beta Regio plume, over 4 km high and 226 km in diameter.

Theil index

The Theil index is an entropy-based statistic measuring economic inequality, proposed by Dutch econometrician Henri Theil in 1967 and valued at zero under perfect equality.

Theil–Sen estimator

The Theil–Sen estimator is a robust method for fitting a line to data by taking the median of slopes through all pairs of points, resistant to outliers.

Theileriosis

Theileriosis: tick-borne disease of cattle, sheep, and goats caused by Theileria protozoans; T. parva (East Coast fever) and T. annulata (tropical theileriosis) are most pathogenic; T. orientalis Ikeda spreads in the US via Asian longhorned tick.

Thein Pe Myint

Thein Pe Myint (1914–1978) was a Burmese writer, journalist, and politician who wrote the bestselling 1936 novel Modern Monk and founded the Botahtaung newspaper in 1958.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston about Janie Crawford, an African American woman who finds her voice through three marriages.