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- Tmax 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
- TMg 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
- TMPAH 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
- To 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
- Tp 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
- TPe expiratory pause time
- Tpeak 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]