Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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T₁ | T₂ | T₃ | T₄ | T₅ | T₆ | T₇ |

T_max maximum threshold; time to maximum [concentration]
TMB transient monocular blindness
TMB4 N,N´-trimethylenebis(pyridine-4-aldoxime bromide)
TMBA trimethoxybenzaldehyde
TMBF transmural blood flow
TMBJ thermoplastic Minerva body jacket
TMC transmyocardial mechanical channeling; triamcinolone and terramycin capsules
TMD temporomandibular disorder; transient myeloproliferative disease; transmembrane domain; trimethadione
t-MDS therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome
TME total metabolizable energy; transmissible mink encephalopathy; transmural enteritis; trapezium-metacarpal eburnation
TMEP telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans
TMET treadmill exercise test
TMEV Tembe virus; Theiler murine encephalomyelitis virus
TMF transformed mink fibroblast; transmitral flow
TM_g maximum tubular reabsorption rate for glucose
TMH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
TM-HSA trimellityl-human serum albumin
TMI testing motor impairment; total medical record; threatened myocardial infarction; transmural myocardial infarction
TMIC Toxic Materials Information Center
T1mic breast tumor microinvasion of less than 0.1 cm [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]
TMIF tumor-cell migratory inhibition factor
TMIS Technicon Medical Information System
TMJ temporomandibular joint; trapeziometacarpal joint
TMJS temporomandibular joint syndrome
TMK thymidylate kinase
TML terminal midline; terminal motor latency; tetramethyl lead
TMLR transmyocardial laser revascularization
TMM tissue mimicking material
TMN thin membrane nephropathy; tumor-node-metastasis
TMNST tethered median nerve stress test
TMP 2,2,4,4-tetramethylpentane; thiamine monophosphate; thymidine monophosphate; thymidine-5´-monophosphate; thymolphthalein monophosphate; transmembrane potential; transmembrane pressure; trimethaphan; trimethoprim; trimethylpsoralen
TM_PAH maximum tubular excretory capacity for para-aminohippuric acid
TMPD tetramethyl-p-phenylinediamine
TMPDS temporomandibular pain and dysfunction syndrome; thiamine monophosphate disulfide
TMP-SMX trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
TMR the medical record; tissue maximum ratio; topical magnetic resonance; trainable mentally retarded; transmyocardial revascularization
TMRM tetramethylrhodamine
TMS telematic monitoring service [telemedicine]; thallium myocardial scintigraphy; The Muscatine Study; thread mate system; thymidylate synthase; total morbidity score; transcranial magnetic stimulation; trapezoidocephaly-multiple synostosis [syndrome]; trimethylsilane
TMSE Thai Mental State Examination
TMST treadmill stem test
TMT tarsometatarsal; thiol methyltransferase; Trail-Making Test; treadmill test; trimethyllin
TMTD tetramethylthiuram disulfide
TMTJ tarsometatarsal joint
TMTX trimetrexate
TMU tetramethyl urea
TMUV Tembusu virus
TMV tobacco mosaic virus
TMX tamoxifen
TMZ transformation zone
TN talonavicular; tarsonavicular; team nursing; temperature normal; tenascin; test negative; trigeminal nucleus; total negatives; toxin neutralization; trigeminal neuralgia; trochlear nucleus; true negative
T/N tar and nicotine
T₄N normal serum thyroxine
Tn normal intraocular tension; transposon; troponin
TnI troponin I
TNA total nutrient admixture; trinitrotoluene
TNB transnasal butorphanol
TNBP tri-n-butyl phosphate
TnC troponin C
TND term normal delivery
t-NE total norepinephrine
TNEE titrated norepinephrine excretion
TNF true negative fraction; tumor necrosis factor
TNFA tumor necrosis factor alpha
TNFAIP tumor necrosis factor, alpha-induced protein
TNFAR tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor
TNFB tumor necrosis factor beta
TNFBR tumor necrosis factor beta receptor
TNFR1 tumor necrosis factor type 1 receptor
TNFr tumor necrosis factor receptor
TNG trinitroglycerin
tng tongue
tNGF truncated nerve growth factor
TnGV Trichoplusia ni granulovirus
TNH teaching nursing home; transient neonatal hyperammonemia
T-NHL T-cell-derived non-Hodgkin leukemia
TNHP teaching nursing home program
TNI total nodal irradiation
TNM primary tumor, regional nodes, metastases [tumor staging and coding]; thyroid node metastases; tumor node metastasis
TNMR tritium nuclear magnetic resonance
TNP total net positive; trinitrophenyl
TNPACK truncated Newton program package
TNP-KLH trinitrophenyl keyhole limpet hemocyanin
TNP-LPS trinitrophenyl-lipopolysaccharide
TNR tonic neck reflex; true negative rate
TNS total nuclear score; transcutaneous nerve stimulation; tumor necrosis serum
TNT tetranitroblue tetrazolium; Transderm-Nitro Trial; Treatment to New Target [study of effectiveness of atorvastatin in coronary heart disease]; 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
TnT troponin T
TNTC too numerous to count
TNV tobacco necrosis virus
TO old tuberculin; oral temperature; original tuberculin; target organ; telephone order; thoracic orthosis; thromboangiitis obliterans; thrombotic occlusion; tincture of opium; total obstruction; tracheoesophageal; treatment object; tubo-ovarian; turnover
T(O) oral temperature
TO₂ oxygen transport
T_o tricuspid opening
to tincture of opium
TOA total quality assessment; tubo-ovarian abscess
TOAP thioguanine, Oncovin, cytosine arabinoside, and prednisone
TOAST Treatment of Acute Stroke Trial; Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Trial
TOAT The Open Artery Trial
TOB tobramycin
TOBEC total body electrical conductivity [test]
TobRV tobacco ringspot virus
TOC total Organic carbon
TOCC Total Occlusion of Coronary Arteries, Chronic [study]
TOCP tri-o-cresyl phosphate
TOCSY total correlation spectroscopy
TOD right eye tension [Lat. oculus dexter]; target organ damage; target organ disease; Time-Oriented Data [Bank]; titanium optimized design [plate]
TOD/CCD target organ disease/clinical cardiovascular disease
TODS toxic organic dust syndrome
TOE tender on examination; tracheoesophageal; transesophageal echography; transferred nuclear Overhauser effect
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language [for foreign medical graduates]
TOES toxic oil epidemic syndrome
TOF tetralogy of Fallot; time-of-flight; train of four [monitor]; tracheo[o]esophageal fistula
ToF time-of-flight
TOFA time-of-flight absorbance; time-of-flight and abstinence [imaging]
T of F tetralogy of Fallot
TOFHLA test of functional health literacy in adults
TOFMS, TOF-MS time-of-flight mass spectrometry
TOFS total organ failure score
TOH transient osteoporosis of hip; tower of Hanoi [neurophysiological test]
TOHP Trial of Hypertension Prevention
TOL trial of labor
tol tolerance, tolerated
TOLB, tolb tolbutamine
TOLC Treatment of Low-density Lipoprotein-bound Cholesterol [study]
TOLD top-level driver
TOM toxic oxygen metabolite
TOMA tri-octylmethylammonium chloride
TOMAS torsional ocular movement analysis system
TOMHS Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study
TOMI turkey ovomucoid inhibitor
TOMIIS Total Occlusion Postmyocardial Infarction Intervention Study
Tomo tomogram, tomography
tomos tomograms
TOMS The Oklahoma Marker Study
TON traumatic optic neuropathy
TONE tilted optimized nonsaturating excitation; Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly
tonoc tonight
TOP termination of pregnancy; Thrombolysis in Old Patients [study]; topoisomerase
top topical
TOPAS Thrombolysis or Peripheral Arterial Surgery [study]
TOPCAD topical prevention or conception and disease
TOPLIT Transluminal Extraction Catheter or Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Thrombus [study]
TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly [program]; Thrombolysis in Old Patients Study; Treatment of Post-thrombolytic Stenosis [study]
TOPV Topografov virus; trivalent oral poliovaccine
TORCH toxoplasmosis, other [congenital syphilis and viruses], rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus
ToRCHeS toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes, syphilis
TORCHS toxoplasmosis, other diseases, rubella, cytomegalovirus infections, herpes simplex, syphilis
TORP total ossicular replacement prosthesis
torr mm Hg pressure
TOS thoracic outlet syndrome; toxic oil syndrome
TOSCA Total Occlusion Study in Canada
TOSV Toscana virus
TOT The Oslo Trial; total operating time; tubal ovum transfer
TOTAL Total Occlusion Trial with Angioplasty by Using Laser Guidewire
TOTP tri-o-tolyl phosphate
TOV trial of voiding
TOVA test of variables of attention; trigger of ventricular arrhythmia
TOWARD Toyama Warfarin Rational Dosage [study]
Tox, tox toxicity, toxic
TOXICON Toxicology Conversational Online Network [NLM database]
TOXLINE Toxicology Information On-Line [NLM database]
TOXLIT Toxicology Literature [NLM database]
TOXNET Toxicology Data Network [NLM database]
TP temperature and pressure; temperature probe; template; temporal peak; temporoparietal; tender point; tension pneumothorax; terminal phalanx; terminal protein; testosterone propionate; thick padding; thin-plate; threshold potential; thrombocytopenic purpura; thrombophlebitis; thromboxane prostaglandin; thymic polypeptide; thymidine phosphorylase; thymopentin; thymopoietin; thymus polypeptide; thymus protein; tissue pressure; Todd palsy; toe pressure; torsades de pointes; torus palatinus; total population; total positives; total protein; transaction processing; transforming principle; transition point; transpyloric; transverse polarization; transverse process; transverse propagation; treating physician; treatment period; treatment progress; treatment protocol; Treponema pallidum; triazolophthalazine; trigger point; triphosphate; true positive; tryptophan; tryptophan pyrrolase; tube precipitin; tuberculin precipitate; tumor protein
6-TP 6-thiopurine
T&P temperature and pressure; temperature and pulse
T+P temperature and pulse
Tp primary transmission; time of preparation; Treponema pallidum; tryptophan
T_p physical half-life
TPA tannic acid, polyphosphomolybdic acid, and amino acid; 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate; third-party administrator; thrombotic pulmonary artery; tissue plasminogen activator; tissue polypeptide antigen; total parenteral alimentation; Treponema pallidum agglutination; tumor polypeptide antigen
t-PA tissue plasminogen activator
TPAC torso phased array coil
TPAI tissue plasminogen activator inhibitor
TPase thymidine phosphorylase
TPASK Tissue Plasminogen Activator vs Streptokinase [trial]
TPAT Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Toronto Trial
TPB tetraphenyl borate; tryptone phosphate broth
TPBF total pulmonary blood flow
TPBG trophoblast glycoprotein
TPBS three-phase bone scintigraphy; three-phase radionuclide bone scanning
TPC thromboplastic plasma component; thyroid papillary carcinoma; time to peak contrast; total patient care; total plasma catecholamines; total plasma cholesterol; total plate count; Treponema pallidum complement
TPCF Treponema pallidum complement fixation
TPCV total packed cell volume
TPD temporary partial disability; thiamine propyl disulfide; tripotassium phenolphthalein disulfate; tumor-producing dose
TP-DNA template deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA]
TPDS tropical pancreatic diabetes syndrome
TPE therapeutic plasma exchange; totally protected environment; tris-phosphate ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid [EDTA]; typhoid-parathyroid enteritis
T^Pe expiratory pause time
T_peak time-to-peak
TPEV 1, 2 Turkey pseudoenteritis virus 1, 2
TPEY tellurite polymyxin egg yolk [agar]
TPF thymus permeability factor; thymus to peak flow; true positive fraction
TPFR time to peak filling rate
TPG transmembrane potential gradient; transplacental gradient; transpulmonary gradient; tryptophan peptone glucose [broth]
TPGS E-alpha-tocophenyl polyethylene glycol succinate; Talairach Proportional Grid System
TPGYT trypticase-peptone-glucose-yeast extract-trypsin [medium]
TPH transplacental hemorrhage; tryptophan hydroxylase
TpH tryptophane hydroxylase
TPHA Treponema pallidum hemagglutination
TPHU Tropical Public Health Unit [Australia]