| TT | tablet triturate; tactile tension; tendon transfer; test tube; testicular torsion; tetanus toxin; te... |
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| EDCS | end-diastolic chamber stiffness; end-diastolic circumferential stress |
| EDL | end-diastolic length; end-diastolic load; estimated date of labor; extensor digitorum longus |
| VFT | venous filling time; ventricular fibrillation threshold |
| CRT | cadaveric renal transplant; cardiac resuscitation team; cathode-ray tube; certified; Certified Recor... |
| diastolic murmur | A murmur heard during diastole. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diastolic pressure | The intracardiac pressure during or resulting from diastolic relaxation of a cardiac chamber; the lowest arterial blood pressure reached during any given ventricular cycle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diastolic shock | The abnormally palpable impact, appreciated by a hand on the chest wall, of an accentuated third heart sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diastolic thrill | A thrill felt over the precordium or over a blood vessel during ventricular diastole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early diastolic murmur | A murmur that begins with the second heart sound, as the murmur of aortic insufficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total end-diastolic diameter | Cross sectional diameter of the left ventricle including the septum and posterior wall thicknesses in diastole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-diastolic | 1. Occurring at the end of diastole, immediately before the next systole, as in end-diastolic pressure. 2. Interrupting the final moments of diastole, barely premature, as in end-diastolic extrasystole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-diastolic volume | The amount of blood in the ventricle immediately before a cardiac contraction begins; a measurement of cardiac filling between beats, related to diastolic function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late diastolic murmur | A murmur heard at the end of ventricular diastole (during atrial systole if in sinus rhythm), usually due to obstruction at one of the atrioventricular orifices. Synonym: atriosystolic murmur, late diastolic murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| activated clotting time | The most common test used for coagulation time in cardiovascular surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| activated partial thromboplastin time | The time needed for plasma to form a fibrin clot following the addition of calcium and a phospholipid reagent; used to evaluate the intrinsic clotting system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| A-H conduction time | Forward conduction of the cardiac impulse from atria to ventricles via the A-V node or any bypass tract, represented in the electrocardiogram by the P-R interval. P-H conduction time is from the onset of the P wave to the first high frequency component of the His bundle electrogram (normally 119 ± 38 msec); A-H conduction time is from the onset of the first high frequency component of the atrial electrogram to the first high frequency component of the His bundle electrogram (normally 92 ± 38 msec); P-A conduction time is from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the atrial electrogram (normally 27 ± 18 msec). (05 Mar 2000) |
| association time | Time elasping between a stimulus and the verbalised response to it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biologic time | The concept that our appreciation of time varies with age and is governed by the neural organization of the individual; it obeys a logarithmic rather than an arithmetic law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bleeding time | <haematology> A test which measures the time it takes for small blood vessels to close off and bleeding to stop. Abnormal results can be seen in those with congenital or acquired platelet function disorders or thrombocytopenia. (27 Sep 1997) |