| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome; clinical trials support [program]; composite treatment score; computed tomog... |
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| DCTS | dynamic carpal tunnel syndrome |
| ICTS | idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome |
| PRAGMATIC | pregnancy, rheumatoid arthritis, acromegaly, glucose metabolism disorders, mechanical injury, amyloi... |
| TRAP | carpal tunnel syndrome, Raynaud phenomenon, aching muscles, proximal muscle weakness [rheumatic diso... |
| tarsal tunnel syndrome | <syndrome> Compression of the posterior tibial nerve caused by thickening of the laciniate ligament or by gouty or arthritic deposits around the ankle joint leading to symptoms of pain or paresthesia over the sole of the foot. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tunnel | 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. 2. To catch in a tunnel net. 3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river. Origin: Tunneled or Tunnelled; Tunneling or Tunnelling. 1. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc, into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel. 2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel. "And one great chimney, whose long tunnel thence The smoke forth threw." (Spenser) 3. An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like. 4. <chemical> A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel. <chemistry> Tunnel head, the top of a smelting furnace where the materials are put in. Tunnel kiln, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is used. Tunnel net, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other. Tunnel pit, Tunnel shaft, a pit or shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the like. Origin: F. Tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. Also tonnel; dim. Of tonne a tun; so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape. See Ton. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tunnel cells | Cell's forming the outer and inner walls of the tunnel in the organ of Corti. Synonym: Corti's pillars, Corti's rods, pillar cells of Corti, tunnel cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tunnel disease | Infection of humans or animals with hookworms of the genus ancylostoma. Characteristics include anaemia, dyspepsia, eosinophilia, and abdominal swelling. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tunnel vision | A constriction of the visual field, as though one were looking through a hollow cylinder or tube. Synonym: tunnel vision. (05 Mar 2000) |