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Total communication refers to an approach to language education for the deaf in which oral language is combined with a signing or gestural system.

Total environmental allergy syndrome is a newly identified phenomenon that refers to a polysymptomatic disorder associated with immune system dysfunction and allergy-like sensitivity to many compounds found in chemicals, foods, clothing, perfumes, and substances found in the air. Total environmental allergy syndrome is also called Environmental illness.

Total institutions refer to facilities from which individuals can rarely come and go, and in which communal life is intense and circumscribed. Individuals in total institutions tend to eat, sleep, play, learn, and worship, as an example, together.
Total lung capacity (TLC) refers to the total volume of air the lung can contain; equal to the sum of the vital capacity and the residual volume.

Total Quality management (TQM) usually involves the introduction of continuous monitoring.

Total Quality Management (TQM) usually involves the introduction of continuous monitoring. It refers to initiatives designed to improve the quality of products and services to meet customer'

Deutsch: Gesamtheit / Español: Totalidad / Português: Totalidade / Français: Totalité / Italiano: Totalità /

In psychology, totality refers to the idea that human beings are complex,, holistic entities, and that understanding the whole person is necessary in order to fully understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The concept of totality recognizes that each individual is unique, and that their experiences, emotions, and behaviors are all interconnected and influenced by a wide range of factors.

Toucheurism refers to the act of compulsively touching strangers with the hands to achieve sexual arousal.