| PTA | parallel tubular arrays; parathyroid adenoma; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; peroxidase-labe... |
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| PTF | patient treatment file; plasma thromboplastin factor; posterior talofibular [ligament]; proximal tub... |
| PTP | pancreatic thread protein; percutaneous transhepatic portography; physical treatment planning; poste... |
| RTA | ray tracing algorithm; renal tubular acidosis; reverse transcriptase assay; road traffic accident |
| RTAD | renal tubular acidification defect |
| tubular | <anatomy> Shaped like a tube, of or pertaining to a tubule. Origin: L. Tubularis (18 Nov 1997) |
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| tubular adenoma | <tumour> A benign neoplasm composed of epithelial tissue resembling a tubular gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular aneurysm | The uniform dilation of an artery along a considerable distance. Synonym: cylindroid aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular carcinoma | <tumour> A well-differentiated form of ductal breast carcinoma with invasion of the stroma by small epithelial tubules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular cyst | A cyst formed by the dilation of any occluded canal or tube. Synonym: tubular cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular excretory mass | The mass of functioning excretory tubules of the kidney determined from the excretion of iodopyracet, or other compounds processed in the kidney primarily by tubular secretion, when large doses are used. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular forceps | A long slender forceps intended for use through a cannula or other tubular instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular gland | A gland composed of one or more tubules ending in a blind extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular glands of the skin | The blind extremity of which is coiled in the form of a ball or glomerulus; collective term for small eccrine and large apocrine sweat glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular maximum | transport maximum |
| tubular respiration | High-pitched bronchial respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular small bowel | <radiology> (toothpaste small bowel) globally featureless small bowel: mucosal folds effaced, graft-vs.-host disease (GvH), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (in AIDS), ischemia, Crohn disease, radiation, Strongyloides, milk enteropathy, sprue, corrosive enteritis, lymphoma, amyloidosis, mastocytosis, FUDR toxicity (12 Dec 1998) |
| tubular vision | A constriction of the visual field, as though one were looking through a hollow cylinder or tube. Synonym: tunnel vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kidney tubular necrosis, acute | Acute kidney failure resulting from destruction of tubular epithelial cells. It is commonly attributed to exposure to toxic agents or renal ischemia following severe trauma. (12 Dec 1998) |