| ALTS | acute lumbar traumatic sprain [or syndrome] |
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| CPTH | chronic post-traumatic headache |
| HTS | head traumatic syndrome; HeLa tumor suppression; human thyroid-stimulating hormone, human thyroid st... |
| PTM | posterior trabecular meshwork; posttransfusion mononucleosis; post-traumatic meningitis; prothymosin... |
| PTPM | post-traumatic progressive myelopathy |
| intracranial pneumocele | A collection of gas within the skull, in the brain, or in the meninges. Synonym: intracranial pneumocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intracranial pressure | <physiology> The pressure the cerebrospinal fluid exerts on the brain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| intracranial tuberculoma | <neurology> A well-circumscribed mass found cortically or subcortically in the cerebral or cerebellar hemispheres. In under-developed countries where tuberculosis is endemic these lesions are quite common. Management of intracranial tuberculomas includes antituberculosis chemotherapy and neurosurgical evacuation of tuberculomas singly or in combination. (04 Jul 2000) |
| extracranial-intracranial bypass | A vascular shunt created by the anastomosis of an extracranial vessel to an intracranial vessel, usually, the superficial temporal artery to a cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation, traumatic | Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hernia, diaphragmatic, traumatic | Protrusion of some part of the abdominal or retroperitoneal structures through the diaphragm into the thorax, occurring as a result of injury, usually to the abdomen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shock, traumatic | Any shock produced by trauma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental occlusion, traumatic | An occlusion resulting in overstrain and injury to teeth, periodontal tissue, or other oral structures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| traumatic | <surgery> Of, relating to or resulting from a trauma, wound or injury, whether physical or psychological. Origin: L. Traumaticus from Gr. Traumaticos, from trauma = wound (18 Nov 1997) |
| traumatic amenorrhoea | Absence of menses because of endometrial scarring or cervical stenosis resulting from injury or disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic amnesia | The loss or disturbance of memory following an insult or injury to the brain of the type that accompanies a head injury, or excessive use of alcohol, or following the cessation of alcohol ingestion or other psychoactive drugs; or loss or disturbance of memory of the type seen in hysteria and other forms of dissociative disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic amputation | Amputation resulting from accidental or nonsurgical injury; may be complete or incomplete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic anaemia | An acute anaemia caused by fairly sudden and rapid loss of blood, as by traumatic laceration of a relatively large vessel, erosion of an artery in a duodenal ulcer, haemorrhage in an ectopic pregnancy, or the result of such diseases as haemophilia and acute leukaemia. Synonym: traumatic anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic anaesthesia | Loss of sensation resulting from nerve injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic aneurysm | An aneurysm resulting from physical damage to the wall of an artery; usually a false aneurysm or arteriovenous aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |