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Tamponade, balloon
Tamponade, balloon: A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding blood vessels, compress the vessels, and stop the bleeding. Used in the treatment of bleeding veins in the esophagus (emore detail info...
Tamponade, cardiac
Tamponade, cardiac: A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the pericardial sac around the heart that it interferes with the performance of the heart. The end result, if untreated, is lomore detail info...
Tamponade, chronic
Tamponade, chronic: A situation in which a chronic excess of fluid inside the pericardial sac and thickening of the pericardial sac progressively compress the heart and impair its performance. The excess fluid in the pericardial sac acts to comore detail info...
Tamponade, esophagogastric
Tamponade, esophagogastric: A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding blood vessels, compress the vessels, and stop the bleeding. Used in the treatment of bleeding veins in the esomore detail info...
Tamponade, pericardial
Tamponade, pericardial: A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the pericardial sac around the heart that it interferes with the performance of the heart. The end result, if untreated,more detail info...
Tandem repeat sequences
Tandem repeat sequences: Multiple copies of the same DNA base sequence on a chromosome; used as a marker in physical mapping of the chromosome.more detail info...
Tap, joint (aspiration)
Tap, joint (aspiration): A procedure whereby a sterile needle and syringe are used to drain joint fluid from the joint. This is usually done as an office procedure or at the bedside in the hospital. The skin over the joint is sterilized with a liquid. Locmore detail info...
Tap, spinal
Tap, spinal: Also known as a lumbar puncture or "LP", a spinal tap is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the spinal canal for the purpose of diagnostic testing. It is particularly helpful in the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases ofmore detail info...
Tapazol
Tapazol: Trade name for methimazole, an antithyroid medication.more detail info...
Tapeworm
Tapeworm: A worm that is flattened like a tape measure and functions as an intestinal parasite, unable to live freely on its own but able to do so within an animal’s gut.more detail info...
Tapeworm, African
Tapeworm, African: See Taenia saginata.more detail info...
Tapeworm, armed
Tapeworm, armed: See Taenia solium.more detail info...
Tapeworm, beef
Tapeworm, beef: See Taenia saginata.more detail info...
Tapeworm, measly
Tapeworm, measly: See Taenia solium. The word measly does not imply that this is a puny tapeworm. Measly here refers to meat infested with the larval form of the pork tapeworm (t. solium). From eating the measly meat, you can acquire the tapeworm.more detail info...
Tapeworm, pork
Tapeworm, pork: See Taenia solium.more detail info...
TAR syndrome
TAR syndrome: TAR stands for Thrombocytopenia (low blood platelets) and Aplasia (absence) of the Radius (the long bone on the thumb-side of the forearm), features characterizing this syndrome. There is phocomelia (flipper-limb) with the thumbsmore detail info...
Tarsal cyst
Tarsal cyst: Also called a Meibomian cyst or a chalazian. A tarsal cyst is an inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid.more detail info...
Tarsal glands
Tarsal glands: Little glands in the tarsus (part of the framework) of the eyelids that make a lubricant which they discharge through their tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The lubricant is a fatty substance called sebum characteristic of sebaceousmore detail info...
Tartar
Tartar: Tartar is the hardened product of longstanding plaque accumulating minerals from the saliva and foods. Plaque is the soft accummulation of food debris and bacteria around teeth. These bacteria feed on left over food in the mouth to excrete toximore detail info...
Tay-Sachs disease (TSD)
Tay-Sachs disease (TSD): This disease is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) as ôan autosomal recessive, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which in the classic infantile form, is usually fatal by age 2 or 3 years,more detail info...