topo-, top-, -topia, -topy, -topism, -topic

1. Pain localized in one spot; a symptom occurring in neuroses whereby localized pain, without evident organic basis, is experienced.
2. Localized pain occurring in neurotic subjects.

The ruler or prince of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty “king”.

1. Small state consisting of a few towns.
2. The small district or territory under the rule of a toparch.

The surgical excision of selected portions of the frontal cortex of the brain for the relief of mental disorders; also identified as, corticectomy.

The ability to localize a tactile sensation.

1. Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
2. A reference to plants that are clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
3. The art of clipping bushes and shrubs into ornamental shapes.

The topiary garden at Levens Hall, Cumbria, UK, features designs that are more than 300 years old and were initially planted and trained during the 1690s. The topiary shapes in the garden include a judge's wig, umbrellas, all kinds of animals, and other shapes.

When Col. Grahme, who had held the office of Privy Purse to King James II, came back to Levens in 1688 upon the abdication of the King, he brought with him the gardener Monsieur Guillaume Beaumont. He was trained under Le Nôtre at Versailles and he laid out the gardens at Hampton Court. He started work in 1694 creating the design for the garden which can be seen now.

Inability to localize tactile sensations.

Directed movement or orientation of a motile organism towards the source of a chemical stimulus.

A geocline extending over an unusually long distance.

The directed movement or orientation of a motile organism towards the source of an electric stimulus.

Recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin or in any other part of the body.

1. Recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin.
2. The ability to recognize a tactile sensation.

1. A specialist in topography.
2. Someone who describes the surface features of a place or region.
3. A person who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.
4. Someone who describes and maps the surface features of geographic regions.