| tenderness |
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" warm compassionate feelings affection: a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" softheartedness: a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
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| tendinous |
consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
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| tendon reflex |
involuntary contraction of a muscle after brief stretching caused by percussion of its tendon; tendon reflexes include the biceps reflex, triceps reflex, quadriceps reflex, and others. Called also deep r. and tendon jerk or reaction.
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| tendon blockage |
fixation of a tendon by a Kirschner wire to bone or tendon sheath to relieve tension and prevent retraction.
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| tension cavities |
cavities of the lung in which the air pressure is greater than that of the atmosphere, as in tension pneumothorax. Radiologically, they appear as large, spherical, thin-walled defects indicative of productive inflammatory reaction in the bronchus that drains the cavity or of partial stenosis due to peribronchial fibrosis.
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