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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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- TE echo-time; expiratory time; tennis elbow; test ear; tetanus; tetracycline; threshold energy; thromboembolism; thymus epithelium; thyrotoxic exophthalmos; tick-borne encephalitis; time estimation; tissue engineering; tissue-equivalent; tonsillectomy; tooth extracted; total estrogen; toxic epidermolysis; toxic equivalent; Toxoplasma encephalitis; trace element; tracheoesophageal; transepithelial; transesophageal echocardiography; transposable element [DNA]; treadmill exercise; trial error; trichoepithelioma; tris-ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid
- T-E echo time
- T&E testing and evaluation; trial and error
- TE effector T lymphocyte; exhalation time; expiratory phase time
- Te effective half-life; tellurium; tetanic contraction; tetanus
- TEA temporal external artery; tetraethylammonium; thermal energy analyzer; thromboendarterectomy; total elbow arthroplasty; triethanolamine
- TEAB tetraethylammonium bromide
- TEAC tetraethylammonium chloride
- TEAE triethylammonioethyl
- TEAF trimethylammonium formate
- TEAHAT Thrombolysis Early in Acute Heart Attack Trial
- TEAM techniques for effective alcohol management; Thrombolytic Trial of Eminase in Acute Myocardial Infarction; Total Evaluation and Acceptance Methodology; Training in Expanded Auxiliary Management; total exposure assessment method; transfemoral endovascular aneurysm management
- TEAS telemetric electrode array system
- teasp teaspoon
- TEB thoracic electrical bioimpedance
- TEBG, TeBG testosterone-estradiol-binding globulin
- TEBV tissue-engineered blood vessel
- TEC tissue engineered construct; total electron count; total eosinophil count; total exchange capacity; transient erythroblastopenia of childhood; transluminal extraction catheter; trauma and emergency center
- TECBEST Transluminal Extraction Catheter Before Stent [study]
- tecMAAP template endonuclear cleavage multiple arbitrary amplicon profiling
- TECP tetrachloropropane
- TECSAC tele-collaboration for signal analysis in cardiology
- TECSS The European Coronary Surgery Study
- TECU thermoelectric cooling unit
- TECV traumatic epiphyseal coxa vara
- TED Tasks of Emotional Development; threshold erythema dose; thromboembolic disease
- TEDS anti-embolism stockings
- TEE thermic effect of exercise; total energy expenditure; transesophageal echocardiography; tyrosine ethyl ester
- TEEP tetraethyl pyrophosphate
- TEER transepithelial electrical resistance
- TEF thermic effect of food; thoraco-epigastric flap; thyrotroph embryonic factor; toxic equivalency factor; tracheoesophageal fistula; transcriptional enhancer factor; trunk extension-flexion [unit]
- Teff effective half-life
- TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
- TEFS transmural electrical field stimulation
- TEG thromboelastogram
- TEGDMA tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate
- TEHIP Toxicology and Environmental Health Program
- TEIB triethyleneiminobenzoquinone
- TEK total exchangeable potassium
- TEL tetraethyl lead
- TELV Turkey entero-like virus
- TEM transmission electron microscope/ microscopy; triethylenemelamine
- TEMED tetramethylethylenediamine
- TEMP temporal concept [UMLS]
- temp temperature; temple, temporal
- TEMS tactical emergency medical services; Trimetazidine European Multicentre Study
- TEN titanium elastic nail; total enteral nutrition; total excretory nitrogen; toxic epidermal necrolysis; transepidermal neurostimulation; Trans-European Network
- TENa total exchangeable sodium
- TENS toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome; transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
- TeNT tetanus neurotoxin
- TENV Tensaw virus
- TEOAE transient evoked oto-acoustic emissions
- TEP tetraethylpyrophosphate; tracheoesophageal puncture; transepithelial potential; transesophageal pacing; triethylphosphate
- TEPA triethylenephosphamide
- TEPH total end-prosthetic hip implantation
- TEPP tetraethyl pyrophosphate; triethylene pyrophosphate
- TEPR toward an electronic patient record
- t1/2eq equilibration half-life
- TER teratogen; terminology; total endoplasmic reticulum; transcapillary escape rate; transepithelial resistance
- ter rub [Lat. tere]; terminal [end of chromosome]; terminal or end; terminus; ternary; tertiary; three times; threefold
- term terminal
- TERT total end range time
- tert tertiary
- TERV Termeil virus
- TES thymic epithelial supernatant; toxic epidemic syndrome; Toxocara canis excretory/secretory [antigen]; transcutaneous electrical stimulation; transmural electrical stimulation; tutorial evaluation system
- TeS terminology server
- TESA testicular sperm aspiration
- TESE testicular sperm extraction
- TESPA thiotepa
- TESS Toxic Exposure Surveillance System; Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale; Tirilazad Efficacy Stroke Study
- TEST Timolol, Encainide, Sotalol Trial
- TET tetracycline; total ejection time; total exchange thyroxine; treadmill exercise test
- Tet tetralogy of Fallot
- tet tetanus; tetracycline
- TETA triethylenetetramine
- TETD tetraethylthiuram disulfide
- TETEV Tete virus
- tetr tetracycline resistance
- tet tox tetanus toxoid
- TEV tadpole edema virus; talipes equinovarus; tissue-engineered vessel
- TeV temperate virus
- TEVC two electrode voltage
- TEVG tissue engineered vascular graft
- TEWL transepidermal water loss
- TEWM tissue engineered blood vessel wall model
- TexCAPS Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study
- TEZ transthoracic electric impedance respirogram
- TF free thyroxine; tactile fremitus; tail flick [reflex]; temperature factor; term formula [infant feeding]; term frequency; testicular feminization; tetralogy of Fallot; thymol flocculation; thymus factor; time frequency; tissue-damaging factor; tissue factor; to follow; total flow; transcription factor; transfer factor; transferrin; transformation frequency; transfrontal; tube feeding; tuberculin filtrate; tubular fluid; tuning fork; typhoid fever
- T/F time/frequency
- t(°F) temperature on the Fahrenheit scale
- Tf transferrin
- Tf freezing temperature
- t-f time-frequency [distribution]
- TFA thigh-foot angle; tibio-femoral angle; total fatty acids; transfatty acid; transverse fascicular area; trifluoroacetic acid
- TFIIIA transcription factor IIIA
- TFAV Thiafora virus
- TFB transformation buffer
- TFC common form of transferrin; threadable fusion cage; triangular fibrocartilage
- TFCC triangular fibrocartilage complex
- TFD target-film distance; time-frequency distribution; time-frequency domain; Transcriptional Factor Database
- TFd dialyzable transfer factor
- TFE polytetrafluoroethylene; transcription factor for immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer
- TFF tube-fed food
- TFI thoracic fluid index; transient forebrain ischemia
- TFIID transcription factor IID
- TFJ tibiofemoral joint
- TFJA tibiofemoral joint abduction
- t-FLAS turbo-fast low angle shot [MRI]
- TFM testicular feminization male; testicular feminization mutation; total fluid movement; transmission electron microscopy
- TFMoV Taro feathery mottle virus
- TFMPP 1-(trifluoromethylphenyl)-piperazine
- TFN total fecal nitrogen; transferrin
- TFO triplex-forming oligonucleotide
- TFP tubular fluid plasma
- TFPI tissue factor pathway inhibitor
- TFPZ trifluoroperazine
- TFR time-frequency representation; time to full repolarization; total fertility rate; total flow resistance; traditional functional retraining; transferrin receptor
- TFS testicular feminization syndrome; thyroid function study; tube-fed saline
- T1FS T1-weighted fat-suppressed [image]
- TFT thin-film transistor; thrombus formation time; thyroid function test; tight filum terminale; trifluorothymidine
- TFTP trivial file transfer protocol [software]
- TFUN tissue function [UMLS]
- TFV Telok Forest virus; tick fever virus
- TFX toxic effects
- TG temperature gradient; tendon graft; testosterone glucuronide; tetraglycine; thioglucose; thioglycolate; thioguanine; thromboglobulin; thyroglobulin; tocogram; total gastrectomy; toxic goiter; transglutaminase; transmissible gastroenteritis; treated group; triacylglycerol; trigeminal ganglion; triglyceride; tumor growth
- 6-TG thioguanine
- Tg generation time; thyroglobulin; Toxoplasma gondii; transglycosylation
- Tg glass transition temperature; globe temperature
- tG1 the time required to complete the G1 phase of the cell cycle
- tG2 the time required to complete the G2 phase of the cell cycle
- TGA taurocholate gelatin agar; thyroglobulin activity; total glycoalkaloids; total gonadotropin activity; transient global amnesia; transposition of great arteries; tumor glycoprotein assay
- TgAb thyroglobulin antibody
- TGAI technical grade active ingredient
- TGAR total graft area rejected
- TGase transglutaminase
- TGB thromboglobulin beta; tiagabine
- tGB triangular Gregory-Bezier [patches]
- TGBG dimethylglyoxal bis-guanylhydrazone
- TGC time gain compensation
- TGD thermal-green dye
- TG-DPC temperature gradient deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] probe chromatography
- TGE theoretical growth evaluation; transmissible gastroenteritis; tryptone glucose extract
- TGEV transmissible gastroenteritis virus
- TGF T-cell growth factor; therapeutic gain factor; transforming growth factor; tuboglomerular feedback; tumor growth factor
- TG-F transforming growth factor
- TGFA transforming growth factor alpha; triglyceride fatty acid
- TGFb transforming growth factor beta
- TGG turkey gamma globulin
- TGI tracheal gas insufflation
- TGL triglyceride; triglyceride lipase
- TGMV Tomato golden mosaic virus
- TGN thioguanine nucleotide; trans-Golgi network
- TGP tobacco glycoprotein
- TGPV total glucose in venous plasma
- TgPVR transgenic mice that express human cellular receptor for poliovirus
- TGR transgenic rat
- 6-TGR 6-thioguanine riboside
- TGS tincture of green soap
- TGs triglycerides
- TGT thromboplastin generation test/time; tolbutamide-glucagon test
- TGV thoracic gas volume; thoracic great vessel; transposition of great vessels
- TGY tryptone glucose yeast [agar]
- TGYA tryptone glucose yeast agar
- TH tension headache; tetrahydrocortisol; T helper [cell]; theophylline; thiohydantoin; thorax; thrill; thyrohyoid; thyroid hormone; topical hypothermia; total hysterectomy; triquetrohamate; tyrosine hydrolase; tyrosine hydroxylase
- TH T-helper [lymphocyte]
- Th T-helper [lymphocyte]; thenar; therapist; therapy; thoracic, thorax; thorium; throat
- Th hypothermic temperature; T-helper [lymphocyte]
- th thenar; thermic; thoracic; thyroid; transhepatic
- THA tacrine; tetrahydroaminoacridine; thiacetazone; total hip arthroplasty; total hydroxyapatite; Treponema hemagglutination
- ThA thoracic aorta
- THAIV Thailand virus
- THAL thalassemia
- THAM tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
- THAMES Tenormin in Hypertension and Myocardial Ischemia Epidemiological Study
- THAT Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Trial
- THB tetrahydrobiopterin; thrombocyte B; Todd-Hewitt broth; total heart beats
- THb total hemoglobin
- THBD thrombomodulin
- THBI thyroid hormone binding inhibitor
- THBP 7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]-pyrene; thyroid hormone binding protein
- THBS thrombospondin
- THC teen health clinic; tentative human consensus; terpin hydrate and codeine; tetrahydrocannabinol; tetrahydrocortisol; thiocarbanidin; thrombocytopenia; transhepatic cholangiogram; transplantable hepatocellular carcinoma
- THCA alpha-trihydroxy-5-beta-cholestannic acid
- THD Thomsen disease; transverse heart diameter
- Thd ribothymidine
- THDOC tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone
- THE tetrahydrocortisone E; tonic hind limb extension; transhepatic embolization; transhiatal esophagectomy; tropical hypereosinophilia
- T-HELPER, T-Helper [computer-assisted] therapy helper; therapy helper
- theor theory, theoretical
- THER therapeutic procedure [UMLS]
- ther therapy, therapeutic; thermometer
- therap therapy, therapeutic
- THERAPIS telecommunication-helped radiotherapy planning and information system
- ther ex therapeutic exercise
- therm thermal; thermometer
- Θ Greek capital letter theta; thermodynamic temperature
- θ Greek lowercase letter theta; an angular coordinate variable; customary temperature; temperature interval
- ThETT thallium stress test
- THEV Tehran virus