| TOE | tender on examination; tracheoesophageal; transesophageal echography; transferred nuclear Overhauser... |
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| TTA | tetanus toxoid antibody; timed therapeutic absence; total toe arthroplasty; transtracheal aspiration... |
| CHANDS | curly hair-ankylobleph-aron- nail dysplasia syndrome |
| NB | nail bed; neuro-Behc;cet [syndrome]; neuroblastoma; neurometric battery; newborn; nitrous oxide-barb... |
| NPS | nail-patella syndrome |
| short flexor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial surface of cuboid and middle and lateral cuneiform bones; insertion, by two tendons, embracing that of the flexor longus hallucis, into the sides of the base of the proximal phalanx of the great toe; action, flexes great toe; nerve supply, medial and lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor hallucis brevis, musculus flexor brevis hallucis, short flexor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| short flexor muscle of little toe | Origin, base of metatarsal bone of the little toe and sheath of musculus peroneus longus; insertion, lateral surface of base of proximal phalanx of little toe; action, flexes the proximal phalanx of the little toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor digiti minimi brevis pedis, short flexor muscle of little toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stiff toe | A condition in which there is stiffness in the first metatarsophalangeal joint; the joint may be the site of a osteoarthritis. Synonym: stiff toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toe | 1. <anatomy> One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal. "Each one, tripping on his toe." 2. <zoology> The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal. 3. Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate. 4. <machinery> The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step. A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved. A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. <medicine> Toe biter, a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes. Origin: OE. Too, taa, AS. Ta; akin to D. Teen, G. Zehe, OHG. Zeha, Icel. Ta, Sw. Ta, Dan. Taa; of uncertain origin. 60. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| toe clonus | Alternating movements of flexion and extension of the great toe following forcible extension at the metatarsophalangeal joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toe-crack | See: sand-crack. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toe-drop | Inability to dorsiflex the toes, usually due to paralysis of the toe extensor muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toe itch | Cutaneous larva migrans caused by larvae of hookworms. Synonym: ancylostoma dermatitis, ancylostomiasis cutis, coolie itch, dew itch, ground itch, swamp itch, swimmer's itch, toe itch, water itch, water sore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toe phenomenon | <clinical sign> Extension of the great toe and abduction of the other toes instead of the normal flexion reflex to plantar stimulation, considered indicative of pyramidal tract involvement ("positive" Babinski). Synonym: Babinski reflex, Babinski's phenomenon, great-toe reflex, paradoxical extensor reflex, toe phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral surface of toe | The lateral surface of a toe. Synonym: facies lateralis digiti pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long extensor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral surface of tibia and interosseous membrane; insertion, base of distal phalanx of great toe; action, extends the great toe; nerve supply, anterior tibial. Synonym: musculus extensor hallucis longus, long extensor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long flexor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower two-thirds of posterior surface of fibula; insertion, base of distal phalanx of great toe; action, flexes great toe; nerve supply, medial plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor hallucis longus, long flexor muscle of great toe, musculus flexor longus hallucis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of nail | The exposed portion of the nail distal to its root. Synonym: corpus unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| racket nail | A broad flat thumbnail resulting from a congenital shorter and wider distal phalanx of the thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| germinative layer of nail | The deeper layer of the nail that is continuous with the stratum germinativum of the surrounding skin and from which the nail plate is continuously formed. Synonym: germinative layer of nail. (05 Mar 2000) |