| TEN | total enteral nutrition; total excretory nitrogen; toxic epidermal necrolysis; transepidermal neuros... |
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| TET | tetracycline; total ejection time; total exchange thyroxine; treadmill exercise test |
| TFR | total fertility rate; total flow resistance; transferrin receptor |
| TGA | taurocholate gelatin agar; thyroglobulin activity; total glycoalkaloids; total gonadotropin activity... |
| THA | tacrine; tetrahydroaminoacridine; total hip arthroplasty; total hydroxyapatite; Treponema hemaggluti... |
| 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) |
| administration, oral | The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cancer, oral | Cancer of the mouth area. A sore in the mouth that does not heal can be a warning sign of oral cancer. A biopsy is the only to know whether as abnormal area in the oral cavity is cancer. Oral cancer is caused by tobacco (smoking and chewing) and alcohol use. Surgery to remove the tumour in the mouth is the usual treatment for patients with oral cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| candidiasis, oral | Infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth by a fungus of the genus candida. (12 Dec 1998) |
| canine oral papilloma | Warts affecting mucous membranes of young dogs; caused by a papillomavirus. (05 Mar 2000) |