Triad
A triad in simplest terms is defined as a "group of three".
Triad may refer to:
Television, film, music, and literature
Music
Television
- The Triad (Charmed), group of three powerful demons who are the opposites of the Charmed One's in the sense of good and evil in the television series Charmed
- Triiad, alien species from the television series Hypernauts
Other
Video games
Philosophy
Science and technology
Medicine, biology, psychology, and sociology
- Catalytic triad, biochemical term for three amino acid residues found within some proteases
- Currarino triad, three malformations with a genetic link
- Dark triad, group of three undesirable personality traits
- Macdonald triad, group of sociopathic infantile traits.
- Portal triad, distinctive arrangement in the liver
- Triad (anatomy), structure in skeletal muscles, formed by a T tubule surrounded by sarcoplasmic reticulum
- Triad (relationship), relationship between three people
- Triad (sociology), group of three people as a unit of study
- The economic "triad" of Japan and Southeast Asia, North America, and Western Europe in the theory of triadization
- Triadica, plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae
- Unhappy triad, tearing of one or both of the cruciate ligaments, along with collateral ligament damage and meniscal tear(s)
- A group of three signs or symptoms for diagnosis of various conditions:
- Beck's triad (cardiology), for cardiac tamponade
- Beck's cognitive triad, for depression
- Charcot's triad 1, for multiple sclerosis or
- Charcot's triad 2, for ascending cholangitis
- Cushing's triad, for head injuries
- Dieulafoy's triad, for acute appendicitis
- Female athlete triad, low energy availability in female athletes
- Hutchinson's triad, congenital syphilis
- Meckler's triad, for Boerhaave syndrome
- Virchow's triad, for venous thrombosis
- Whipple's triad, for hypoglycemia
- MacDonald triad, for anti-social personality disorder
Organizations
- Lexington Triad, a group of three fraternities founded at colleges in Lexington, Virginia
- Miami Triad, a group of three fraternities founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
- Syracuse Triad, three women's sororities founded at Syracuse University
- Triad Advertising, Sri Lankan advertising agency
- Triad Broadcasting, US radio station operator
- Triad High School (disambiguation)
- Triad Hospitals, former hospital operator based in Plano, Texas
- Triad Racing Technologies, former NASCAR team
- Triad Securities, a broker-dealer
- Triad Strategies, American lobbying firm
- Triad Theater, in New York City
- Triad (underground society), Chinese organized-crime societies
- Union Triad, a group of three fraternities founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York
Business
- Triad, collective name coined by Kenichi Ohmae for the three developed markets of Japan, North America and Western Europe
Places
Other uses
See also