| TBW | total body water; total body weight |
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| TDI | temperature difference integration; three-dimensional interlocking [hip]; toluene 2,4-diisocyanate; ... |
| TEN | total enteral nutrition; total excretory nitrogen; toxic epidermal necrolysis; transepidermal neuros... |
| TET | tetracycline; total ejection time; total exchange thyroxine; treadmill exercise test |
| TFR | total fertility rate; total flow resistance; transferrin receptor |
| total peripheral resistance | The total resistance to flow of blood in the systemic circuit; the quotient produced by dividing the mean arterial pressure by the cardiac minute-volume. Synonym: peripheral resistance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| total placenta previa | Placenta previa in which the placenta entirely covers the internal os of the cervix. Synonym: central placenta previa, total placenta previa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total push therapy | The application of all available therapy's to the treatment of a psychiatric patient in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total quality management | The application of industrial management practice to systematically maintain and improve organization-wide performance. Effectiveness and success are determined and assessed by quantitative quality measures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| total refractory period | The absolute refractory period plus the relative refractory period. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total sclerectasia | Uniform stretching of the entire sclera, typically seen in buphthalmos. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total spinal anaesthesia | Spinal anaesthesia extensive enough to produce loss of sensation in all extracranial sensory roots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total suspended particulates | The quantity of solid particles in a gas or exhaust stream. Any finely divided material (solid or liquid) that is airborne with a diameter smaller than a few hundred micrometres. (05 Dec 1998) |
| total suspended solids | The organic and inorganic material left on a standard glass fibre filter (0.45 micron) after a water sample is filtered through it. (09 Oct 1997) |
| total synechia | Adhesion of the entire surface of the iris to the lens capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total transfusion | Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |