| TPM | temporary pacemaker; thrombophlebitis migrans; total particulate matter; total passive motion; triph... |
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| TTD | temporary total disability; tissue tolerance dose; transient tic disorder; transverse thoracic diame... |
| TTS | tarsal tunnel syndrome; temporary threshold shift; through the scope; through the skin; tilt table s... |
| LVFP | Left Ventricular Filling Pressure |
| AFF | atrial fibrillation; atrial filling fraction; atrial flutter |
| temporary callus | The callus that develops to keep the ends of the fractured bone in apposition; it is absorbed after union is complete. Synonym: temporary callus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| temporary cartilage | A cartilage that is normally replaced by bone, to form a part of the skeleton. Synonym: ossifying cartilage, precursory cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporary denture | A dental prosthesis to be used for a short interval of time for reasons of esthetics, mastication, occlusal support, or convenience, or to condition the patient to accept an artificial substitute for missing natural teeth until more definite prosthetic dental treatment can be provided. Synonym: provisional denture, temporary denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporary memory | <psychology> Temporary storage of information for a few seconds to hours, as opposed to long-term memory which refers to material stored for days, years, or a lifetime. (12 Dec 1998) |
| temporary parasite | An organism accidentally ingested that survives briefly in the intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporary restoration | A restoration to be used for a limited period of time, in contradistinction to a permanent restoration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporary stricture | A stricture due to localised spasm of muscular fibres in the wall of the canal. Synonym: functional stricture, temporary stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporary tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |