| TM | technology management; tectorial membrane; temperature by mouth; temporalis muscle; temporomandibula... |
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| TMD | temporomandibular disorder; trimethadione |
| TMPDS | temporomandibular pain and dysfunction syndrome; thiamine monophosphate disulfide |
| DIP joint | Distal Inter-Phalangeal joint |
| MCP joint | Meta-Carpo-Phalangeal joint |
| arthroplasty, replacement | Partial or total replacement of a joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| arthroplasty, replacement, hip | Replacement of the hip joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arthroplasty, replacement, knee | Replacement of the knee joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gap arthroplasty | The surgical correction of ankylosis by creating a space between the ankylosed part of a joint and the portion for which movement is desired. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Charnley hip arthroplasty | A form of total hip replacement consisting of the application of an acetabular cup and a femoral head prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hip arthroplasty | <orthopaedics> Surgery to replace all or part of the hip joint with an artificial device that re-establishes normal hip joint motion. Indicated in cases of severe intractable degenerative arthritis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| interposition arthroplasty | Surgical correction of ankylosis by separation of the immobile part of a joint from the mobilised part and interposition of a substance (e.g., fascia, cartilage, metal, or plastic) between them. (05 Mar 2000) |
| knee arthroplasty | <orthopaedics, procedure> Surgery involving the replacement of the knee joint with artificial components which reestablishes normal joint function. Indicated in cases of severe knee fracture or degenerative arthritis (DJD) unresponsive to medical therapy. (17 Dec 1997) |
| temporomandibular | Relating to the temporal bone and the mandible; denoting the joint of the lower jaw. Synonym: temporomaxillary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporomandibular arthrosis | A noninfectious degenerative dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint characterised by pain, cracking, and limited mandibular opening. See: myofacial pain-dysfunction syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporomandibular articular disk | The fibrocartilaginous plate that separates the joint into upper and lower cavities. Synonym: discus articularis temporomandibularis, mandibular disk, temporomandibular articular disk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporomandibular articulation | <anatomy, dentistry> The joint that connects the lower jaw to the skull. (12 Jan 1998) |
| temporomandibular ligament | <anatomy> The capsular ligament that passes obliquely down and backward across the lateral surface of the temporomandibular joint. Synonym: ligamentum laterale articulationis temporomandibularis, Ferrein's ligament, lateral ligament of temporomandibular joint, ligamentum temporomandibulare, temporomandibular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporomandibular nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the maxillary nerve in the inferior orbital fissure through which it passes; it gives rise to two sensory branches, the zygomaticotemporal and zygomaticofacial, which supply the skin of the temporal and zygomatic regions and is continued as the communicating branch of the lacrimal nerve with the zygomatic nerve. Synonym: nervus zygomaticus, orbital nerve, temporomandibular nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporomandibular syndrome | <syndrome> Those various symptoms of discomfort, pain, or pathosis stated to be caused by loss of vertical dimension, lack of posterior occlusion, or other malocclusion, trismus, muscle tremor, arthritis, or direct trauma to the temporomandibular joint. (05 Mar 2000) |