| Trendelenburg's sign | <clinical sign> In congenital dislocation of the hip or in hip abductor weakness, the pelvis will sag on the side opposite to the dislocation when the hip and knee of the normal side is flexed; without dislocation or weakness, the pelvis will rise on the side of the flexed hip and knee. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Trendelenburg's symptom | A waddling gait in paresis of the gluteal muscles, as in progressive muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trendelenburg's test | A test of the valves of the leg veins; the leg is raised above the level of the heart until the veins are empty and is then rapidly lowered; in varicosity and incompetence of the valves the veins will at once become distended, but placement of a touriquet around the leg will prevent distention of veins below the incompetent perforators or valves below the tourniquet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trendelenburg, Friedrich | <person> German surgeon, 1844-1924. See: Trendelenburg's operation, Trendelenburg's position, reverse Trendelenburg position, Trendelenburg's sign, Trendelenburg's symptom, Trendelenburg's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trental | 1. An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial. "Their trentals and their shrifts." 2. Hence, a dirge; an elegy. Origin: LL. Trentale, fr. L. Triginta thirty; akin to tres three: cf. OF. Trentel. See Three, and cf. Trigintal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trenton period | <geology> A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; so named from Trenton Falls, in new York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |