| HIP | health illness profile; health insurance plan or program; homograft incus prosthesis; hospital insur... |
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| IPOP | immediate postoperative prosthesis |
| IPP | independent practice plan; individual patient profile; inflatable penile prosthesis; inorganic pyrop... |
| IRP | immunoreactive plasma; immunoreactive proinsulin; incus replacement prosthesis; insulin-releasing po... |
| PCA | para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant... |
palatal drop prosthesis
| testicular hormones | Hormones produced in the testis. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| testicular implant | A device placed surgically in the scrotum in males with absence or severe hypoplasia of the testis. Synonym: testicular prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| testicular microlithiasis | <radiology> Ultrasound features: multiple intratesticular non-shadowing echogenic foci, size: 1 - 3 mm, variable number, distribution: usually diffuse pathology: cellular degeneration, central calcified core clinical significance: prevalence: 0.05-0.6%, possible association with primary testicular malignancy, association: cryptorchid testes, infertility Ref: Backus et al., Radiology 1994; 192:781-785 (12 Dec 1998) |
| testicular plexus | The autonomic plexus derived from the aortic plexus and accompanying the testicular artery. Synonym: plexus testicularis, spermatic plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| testicular relapse | <oncology> Recurrence of leukaemia in the testicles. The disease may be restricted to the testicles or may also show evidence of disease in either the bone marrow or CNS. Treatment will depend on the timing and extent of relapsed disease. (13 Jan 1998) |
| testicular scan | <radiology> Tc-99m pertechnetate 30 mCi, interpretation: torsion = cold defect, epididymo-orchitis = hot spot, trauma = hot or cold (12 Dec 1998) |
| testicular torsion | <surgery> An acute condition that results when there is a twisting of the spermatic cord in the scrotum, thus compromising the blood supply to that testicle. Symptoms include severe testicular pain and swelling. (13 Jan 1998) |
| testicular tubular adenoma | A neoplasm of the ovary, arising from the ovarian stroma, mimicking to a greater or lesser extent derivatives of the sex cord mesenchyme of the testis, and sometimes causing defeminization and virilization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| testicular veins | See: right testicular vein, left testicular vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureteric branches of the testicular artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch of testicular artery arising as it is crossed by the ureter in the male; supplies mid portion of ureter. Synonym: rami ureterici arteriae testicularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left testicular vein | <anatomy, vein> Vein conveying blood from the left testis, originating as the pampiniform plexus and entering the left renal vein. Synonym: vena testicularis sinistra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood vessel prosthesis | Prosthesis, constructed of either synthetic or biological material, which is used for the repair of injured or diseased blood vessels. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blood vessel prosthesis implantation | Surgical insertion of synthetic or biological material to repair injured or diseased blood vessels. (12 Dec 1998) |
| breast prosthesis | <oncology> An artificial breast form worn under clothing. (16 Dec 1997) |
| cardiac valve prosthesis | See: valve. (05 Mar 2000) |