| TI | inversion time; temporal integration; terminal ileum; thalassemia intermedia; therapeutic index; tho... |
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| TL | temporal lobe; terminal limen; thermolabile; thermoluminescence; threat to life; thymus-leukemia [an... |
| TLE | temporal lobe epilepsy; thin-layer electrophoresis; total lipid extract |
| TP | temperature and pressure; temperature probe; temporal peak; temporoparietal; tension pneumothorax; t... |
| TS | Takayasu syndrome; Tay-Sachs; temperature sensitivity; temperature, skin; temporal stem; tensile str... |
| masto-occipital | Relating to the mastoid portion of the temporal bone and to the occipital bone, denoting the suture uniting them. Synonym: mastoccipital. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| maximum occipital point | The point on the squama of the occipital bone farthest from the glabella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial occipital artery | <anatomy, artery> One of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; it is distributed, by several named branches, to the posterior corpus callosum and the medial and superolateral portions of the occipital lobe including the visual cortex. Synonym: arteria occipitalis medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervico-occipital | Relating to the neck and the occiput. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meningeal branch of occipital artery | <anatomy, artery> One of the variable branches of the occipital artery which may pass through the jugular or parietal foramina or condyloid canal to reach the dura mater and bone of the posterior cranial fossa, as well as the intracranial portions of the caudal four cranial neres. Synonym: ramus meningeus arteriae occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms | A benign epilepsy syndrome characterised by frequent occipital spikes often activated by eye closure. It has a seizure semiology that includes visual manifestations; not always remitting later in life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greater occipital nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Medial branch of the dorsal primary ramus of the second cervical nerve; sends branches to the semispinalis capitis and multifidus cervicis, but is mainly cutaneous, supplying the back part of the scalp. Synonym: nervus occipitalis major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| petro-occipital | Denoting the cranial suture between the occipital bone and the petrous portion of the temporal. Synonym: petroccipital. (05 Mar 2000) |
| petro-occipital fissure | A fissure between the petrous part of the temporal bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone that extends anteromedially from the jugular foramen; includes the jugular foramem (at its posterior end). Synonym: fissura petro-occipitalis, Ecker's fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| petro-occipital joint | Fibrocartilage filling the petro-occipital fissure. Synonym: synchondrosis petro-occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior atlanto-occipital membrane | The fibrous membrane that attaches between the posterior arch of the atlas and the posterior margin of the foramen magnum. Synonym: membrana atlanto-occipitalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spheno-occipital | Relating to the sphenoid bone and the basilar process of the occipital bone. Synonym: spheno-occipital, sphenoccipital. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spheno-occipital joint | Cartilaginous union between the body of the sphenoid and the basilar portion of the occipital; it fuses by the twentieth year; incorrectly called spheno-occipital suture. Synonym: synchondrosis spheno-occipitalis, spheno-occipital joint, spheno-occipital suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spheno-occipital suture | Cartilaginous union between the body of the sphenoid and the basilar portion of the occipital; it fuses by the twentieth year; incorrectly called spheno-occipital suture. Synonym: synchondrosis spheno-occipitalis, spheno-occipital joint, spheno-occipital suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spheno-occipital synchondrosis | Cartilaginous union between the body of the sphenoid and the basilar portion of the occipital; it fuses by the twentieth year; incorrectly called spheno-occipital suture. Synonym: synchondrosis spheno-occipitalis, spheno-occipital joint, spheno-occipital suture. (05 Mar 2000) |