| T |
intraocular tension |
| |
temperature |
| |
time |
| |
toe |
| |
triceps reflex |
| |
tricuspid |
| t |
tablets |
| |
ter [trois fois] |
| |
temporal |
| |
tracheal position |
| T ↑ |
temperature increased |
| T ↓ |
temperature decreased |
| t ½ |
half life |
| T1 |
1st thoracic vertebra |
| T3 |
3rd thoracic vertebra |
| |
tri-iodothyronine |
| T4 |
3rd thoracic vertebra |
| |
thyroxine |
| T-7 |
terme moins 7 jours |
| T+7 |
terme plus 7 jours |
| T37 |
température 37° celsius |
| TA |
toxin-antitoxin |
| |
Territorial Army |
| T&A |
tonsillectomy & adenoidectomy |
| Ts & As |
tonsils & adenoids |
| TAb |
therapeutic abortion |
| TAB |
typhoid vaccine |
| tabs |
tablets |
| TACE |
transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation |
| TACI |
total anterior circulation infarct |
| TACS |
total anterior circulation stroke syndrome |
| TAH |
total abdominal hysterectomy |
| TAH+BSO |
total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
| |
total artificial heart |
| |
thromboangiitis obliterans |
| TAP |
trainee associate practitioner |
| TAPSE |
tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion |
| TAS |
transabdominal scan |
| |
Toronto Alexithymia Scale |
| TAS-20 |
Toronto Alexithymia Scale |
| TAT |
tetanus anti-toxin |
| |
thematic apperception test |
| TATT |
tired all the time |
| TB |
tuberculosis |
| tb |
tuberculosis bacillus |
| TBA |
to be administered |
| |
to be arranged |
| TBG |
thyroxine binding globulin |
| TBI |
total body irradiation |
| |
traumatic brain injury |
| TBIL |
total bilirubin |
| TBP |
thyroxine-binding protein |
| TBS |
total body surface |
| TBSA |
total body surface area |
| |
total burn surface area |
| tbs |
tablespoonful |
| TBW |
total body water |
| TC |
tissue culture |
| T&C |
type and crossmatch |
| TCA |
to come again [prévoyez un autre rendez-vous] |
| |
tricyclic antidepressant |
| TCCD |
trans-cutaneous closure of central defects |
| TCI |
to come in [prévoyez un rendez-vous] |
| TCID50 |
tissue culture infective dose |
| TCM |
transcutaneous monitor |
| TCR |
T-cell receptor |
| TCRE |
transcervical resection of endometrium |
| TD |
tardive dyskinesia |
| |
transverse diameter [coeur] |
| TDM |
therapeutic drug monitoring |
| TDI |
total dose infusion |
| t.d.s. |
ter die sumendum [trois fois par jour] |
| T&E |
trial & error |
| TEA |
thromboendarterectomy |
| TEAB |
tetraethylammonium bromide |
| TEAC |
tetraethylammonium chloride |
| TeCA |
tetracyclic antidepressant |
| TED |
threshold erythema dose |
| TEE |
thromboembolic event |
| TEM |
triethylene melamine |
| TEMAS |
tell-me-a-story [test d'aperception] |
| TEN |
toxic epidermal necrolysis |
| TENS |
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
| TEPP |
tetraethylpyrophosphate |
| TEV |
talipes equinovarus [pied bot varus équin] |
| TFTs |
thyroid function tests |
| TGA |
transient global amnesia |
| |
transposition of the great arteries |
| TGH |
to go home |
| Th1, Th2 |
T helper cells |
| THAM |
tri-hydroxylmethyl aminomethane |
| THR |
total hip replacement |
| TIA |
transient ischaemic attack |
| TIBC |
total iron binding capacity |
| t.i.d. |
ter in die [trois fois par jour] |
| TIM |
topical immunomodulator |
| TIMI |
thrombolysis in myocardial infarction [échelle de probabilité de survie] |
| TJ |
triceps jerk |
| TKA |
total knee arthroplasty |
| TKO |
to keep open [tube i.v.] |
| TKR |
total knee replacement |
| TL |
tubal ligation |
| T/L |
thoraco-lumbar |
| TLA |
translumbar aortography |
| TLC |
tender loving care [et rien d'autre] |
| |
thin layer chromatography |
| |
total lung capacity |
| TLD |
thermoluminescent dosimeter |
| TLH |
total laparoscopic hysterectomy |
| TLPD |
total laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy |
| TLR |
tonic labyrinthine reflex |
| TLRH |
total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy |
| TLV |
total lung volume |
| Tm |
transport maximum |
| |
tympanic membrane |
| TM |
tympanic membrane |
| Tmax |
transport maximum |
| TMCA |
total minimum cross-sectional area |
| TMD |
tympanic membrane displacement |
| TMJ |
tempero-mandibular joint |
| TMP |
trimethoprim |
| TMP-SMX |
trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole |
| TMR |
transmyocardial revascularisation |
| TMS |
transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| TND |
transient neurologic deficit |
| TNFa |
tumour necrosis factor - alpha |
| TNF-ß |
tumour necrosis factor - beta |
| TNM |
tumour-node-metastasis |
| TNS |
transcutaneous nerve stimulation |
| TNT |
trinitrotoluene |
| TO |
old tuberculin |
| TOE |
tracheo-oesophageal fistula |
| ToP |
termination of pregnancy |
| TORCH |
toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes |
| TOSR |
test of semantic reasoning |
| TP |
thrombophlebitis |
| |
total protein |
| TPA |
tissue plasminogen activator |
| |
total parenteral alimentation |
| TPAL |
term, pregnancies, abortions, live births |
| TPE |
therapeutic plasma exchange |
| TPI |
Treponema pallidum immobilisation test |
| TPN |
total parenteral nutrition |
| |
triphosphopyridine nucleotide [voir NADP+] |
| TPR |
temperature, pulse, respiration |
| TPr |
total protein |
| TR |
rectal temperature |
| TRBF |
total renal blood flow |
| TRALI |
transfusion related acute lung injury |
| Tri |
triceps |
| |
triglyceride |
| TRIC |
trachoma-inclusion conjunctivitis |
| tRNA |
transfer ribonucleic acid |
| TRST |
Triage Risk Screening Tool score |
| TS |
test solution |
| |
Tourette's syndrome |
| |
triple strength |
| T/S |
thyroid : serum iodine ratio |
| Ts & As |
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy |
| T-set |
tracheotomy set |
| TSH |
thyroid stimulating hormone |
| |
trocar site hernia |
| TShR |
total shoulder replacement |
| TSH-RF |
thyroid stimulating hormone release factor |
| TSP |
tropical spastic paraparesis |
| tsp |
teaspoonful |
| TSS |
toxic shock syndrome |
| TSTA |
tumour-specific transplantation antigen |
| TT |
tetanus toxoid |
| |
transit time |
| |
tuberculin test |
| TTA |
to take away |
| TTE |
transthoracic echocardiography |
| TTO |
to take out |
| TTP |
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| TU |
toxic unit |
| TUR |
transurethral resection |
| TURB |
transurethral resection of bladder |
| TURP |
transurethral resection of prostate |
| T/S |
throat swab |
| TSS |
toxic shock syndrome |
| TTA |
to take away |
| TTH |
to take home |
| TUNA |
trans-urethral needle ablation |
| TV |
Trichomonas vaginalis |
| TVC |
triple voiding cystogram |
| TVF |
tactile vocal fremitus |
| TVOR |
transvaginal oocyte retrieval |
| TVS |
transvaginal scan |
| TVT |
tension-free vaginal tape |
| TWE |
tap water enema |
| TWOC |
trial without catheter |
| Tx |
treatment |
| T&X |
type & crossmatch |
| TXA2 |
thromboxane A2 |
| V |
vibration |
| |
vision |
| |
visual acuity |
| v |
vein |
| |
volt |
| VA |
visual acuity |
| |
veno-arterial |
| VA-ECMO |
veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation |
| VaD |
vascular dementia |
| VAD |
ventricular assist device |
| VAG |
vascular access graft |
| |
vertebral angiography |
| vag |
vaginal |
| VAS |
visual analogue scale |
| VBAC |
vaginal birth after caesarean section |
| VB |
venous blood |
| VBI |
vertebro-basilar insufficiency |
| VC |
vena cava |
| |
visual cortex |
| |
vital capacity |
| VCU |
voiding cysto-urethrogram |
| VD |
venereal disease |
| VFG |
venereal disease gonorrhoea |
| VDH |
valvular disease of the heart |
| VDRL |
venereal disease research laboratory test |
| VE |
vaginal examination |
| |
ventricular ectopics |
| VEDV |
ventricular end diastolic volume |
| VER |
visual evoked response |
| VF |
ventricular fibrillation |
| |
vocal fremitus |
| VH |
vaginal hysterectomy |
| |
viral hepatitis |
| VHR |
ventral hernia repair |
| VI |
volume index |
| VIP |
Variable Indicative of Placement Risk score |
| VLBW |
very low birth weight |
| VLCD |
very low calorie diet |
| VLDL |
very low density lipoprotein |
| VMA |
vanilmandelic acid |
| VMB |
very much better |
| VOR |
vestibulo-ocular reflex |
| |
visual-orienting response |
| VP |
venous pressure |
| V/P |
ventilation / perfusion |
| VPC |
ventricular premature contractions |
| VR |
right vision |
| |
ventilation rate |
| |
vocal resonance |
| VRA |
visual reinforcement audiometry |
| VRE |
vancomycin-resistant enterococcus |
| VS |
vesicular sound |
| |
vital signs |
| |
volumetric solution |
| VSD |
ventricular septal defect |
| VSToP |
vaginal suction termination of pregnancy |
| VT |
ventricular tachycardia |
| VTE |
venous thromboembolic event |
| VTEC |
verocytotoxin producing E-coli |
| VV |
varicose veins |
| |
vulva & vagina |
| V/V |
vulva & vagina |
| VVs |
varicose veins |
| vv |
veins |
| VW |
vessel wall |
| Vx |
vertex |
| VZIG |
varicella zoster hyperimmune globulin |
| VZV |
varicella zoster virus |
