| TBI | thyroid-binding index; thyroxine-binding index; tooth-brushing instruction; total-body irradiation; ... |
|---|---|
| TECV | traumatic epiphyseal coxa vara |
| TON | traumatic optic neuropathy |
| tr | tincture; trace; traction; transaldolase; trauma, traumatic; tremor; triradial |
| traum | trauma, traumatic |
| cervical amputation | Amputation of the uterine cervix. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| periosteoplastic amputation | Amputation in which the periosteum is stripped back from the bone and replaced afterward, forming a periosteal flap over the cut end. Synonym: periosteoplastic amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gritti-Stokes amputation | Supracondylar amputation of the femur, the patella being preserved and applied to the end of the bone, its articular cartilage being removed so as to obtain union. Synonym: Gritti's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guillotine amputation | Amputation performed by a circular incision through the skin, the muscles being similarly divided higher up, and the bone higher still. Synonym: guillotine amputation, linear amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chopart's amputation | Amputation through the midtarsal joint; i.e., between the tarsal navicular and the calcaneocuboid joints. Synonym: mediotarsal amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guyon's amputation | Amputation above the malleoli, a modification of Syme's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| root amputation | Surgical removal of one or more roots of a multirooted tooth, the remaining root canal(s) usually being treated endodontically. Synonym: radectomy, radiectomy, radisectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cinematic amputation | A method of amputation of an extremity whereby the muscles and tendons are so arranged in the stump that they are able to execute independent movements and to communicate motion to a specially constructed prosthetic apparatus. Synonym: cinematic amputation, cineplastics, kineplastic amputation, kineplastics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cineplastic amputation | A method of amputation of an extremity whereby the muscles and tendons are so arranged in the stump that they are able to execute independent movements and to communicate motion to a specially constructed prosthetic apparatus. Synonym: cinematic amputation, cineplastics, kineplastic amputation, kineplastics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circular amputation | Amputation performed by a circular incision through the skin, the muscles being similarly divided higher up, and the bone higher still. Synonym: guillotine amputation, linear amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mikulicz-Vladimiroff amputation | An osteoplastic resection of the foot in which the talus and calcaneus are excised, the anterior row of tarsal bones being united to the lower end of the tibia, the articular surfaces of both being removed; the lower end of the stump is therefore the anterior portion of the foot, the patient walking thereafter on tiptoe. Synonym: Vladimiroff-Mikulicz amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minor amputation | Amputation of a hand or foot or any parts of either. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pirogoff's amputation | Amputation of the foot; the lower articular surfaces of the tibia and fibula are sawed through and the ends covered with a portion of the os calcis which has also been sawed through from above posteriorly downward and forward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital amputation | Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple amputation | Amputation of two or more limbs or parts of limbs performed at the same operation. (05 Mar 2000) |