| TV | talipes varus; television; tetrazolium violet; thoracic vertebra; tickborne virus; tidal volume; tot... |
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| UMCV-TO | ulnar motor conduction velocity across thoracic outlet |
| VTG | volume thoracic gas |
| VATS | Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery, Video-assisted thoracic surgery |
| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
| thoracic outlet syndrome | <syndrome> Condition due to compromise of blood vessels or nerve fibres between the armpit (axilla) and base of the neck. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| thoracic part of aorta | The part of the descending aorta that supplies structures as far down as the diaphragm. Synonym: pars thoracica aortae, aorta thoracica, thoracic part of aorta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic part of oesophagus | The part of the oesophagus between the superior thoracic aperture and the diaphragm. Synonym: pars thoracica oesophagi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic part of spinal cord | The part of the spinal cord which consists of the twelve thoracic segments of the spinal cord from which the twelve pairs of thoracic nerves originate. Synonym: pars thoracica medullae spinalis, segmenta medullae spinalis thoracica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic-pelvic-phalangeal dystrophy | Hereditary hypoplasia of the thorax, associated with pelvic skeletal abnormality. Synonym: asphyxiating thoracic chondrodystrophy, Jeune's syndrome, thoracic-pelvic-phalangeal dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic respiration | Respiration effected chiefly by the action of the intercostal and other muscles that raise the ribs, causing expansion of the chest. Synonym: costal respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic rotator muscles | The rotators of the thoracic vertebrae. Synonym: musculi rotatores thoracis, thoracic rotator muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic spine | The thoracic region of the vertebral column; the thoracic vertebrae as a whole; that part of the vertebral column which enters into the formation of the thorax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic spine fracture | <orthopaedics> Bony fracture of one of the twelve thoracic vertebrae. (27 Sep 1997) |
| thoracic stomach | A condition in which part or all of the stomach is contained within the thorax; a variant of hiatal hernia. Trifid stomach, a condition in which the stomach is divided by two constrictions into three pouches. Wallet stomach, a form of dilated stomach in which there is a general bag like distention, the antrum and fundus being indistinguishable. Water-trap stomach, a ptotic and dilated stomach, having a relatively high (though normally placed) pyloric outlet which is held up by the gastrohepatic ligament. Synonym: drain-trap stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic surgeon | <specialist> A physician specialist expert in the surgical treatment of diseases of the chest, heart and lungs. (27 Sep 1997) |
| thoracic surgery | <study> A branch of medicine dealing with the use of surgery to treat diseases of the chest and lungs. (09 Oct 1997) |
| thoracic surgical procedures | Surgery performed on the thoracic organs, most commonly the lungs and the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thoracic veins | See: internal thoracic vein, lateral thoracic vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic vertebrae | The segments of the vertebral column, usually twelve, which articulate with ribs to form part of the thoracic cage. Synonym: vertebrae thoracicae. (05 Mar 2000) |