Medical abbreviations and acronyms (T)
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This article contains a list of commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms that start with the letter T and may be encountered in medicine and radiology (please keep in alphabetic order).
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- T
- tesla (SI unit of magnetic flux density)
- thoracic
- temperature
- temporal (e.g. T-bone)
- thymine (DNA nucleotide)
- time
- tera (SI prefix for 1012)
- threonine (single letter amino acid code)
- T½: half-life time
- T1
- T1WI: T1 weighted imaging
- T2
- T2WI: T2 weighted imaging
- T3
- tri-iodothyronine (a.k.a. thyronine)
- TNM stage
- T4
- thyroxine
- TNM stage
- T1-T12: thoracic vertebrae
- T13: trisomy 13
- T18: trisomy 18
- T21: trisomy 21
- TA: transabdominal (ultrasound)
- TAA: thoracic aortic aneurysm
- T&A: tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
- TACE: transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation
- TAH: total abdominal hysterectomy
- TAPVR: total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- TATT: tired all the time
- TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- TAVR: transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- TB
- tuberculosis
- terabyte
- TBI
- total body irradiation
- traumatic brain injury
- toe-brachial index
- TBSA: total body surface area (burns)
- TC
- Tenckhoff catheter
- transverse colon
- Tc: technetium
- TCC: transitional cell carcinoma
- TDR-TB: totally drug-resistant tuberculosis
- TDS: three times a day (drug prescriptions, L: ter die sumendum)
- TE: time to echo or echo time
- TECAB: totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass
- TED: thromboembolic disease (e.g. TED stockings)
- TEE: transesophageal echocardiography
- TEETH: tried everything else, try homeopathy
- TEF: tracheo-esophageal fistula
- TEN: toxic epidermal necrolysis
- TENS: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
- TESA: testicular sperm aspiration
- TET: tubal embryo transfer
- TEVAR: thoracic endovascular aortic repair
- TFC: triangular fibrocartilage
- TFCC: triangular fibrocartilage complex
- TFE: turbo field echo
- TFL: tensor fasciae latae
- TFTs: thyroid function tests
- TGA
- transient global amnesia
- transposition of the great arteries
- therapeutic goods administration (Australian equivalent of the FDA)
- TGSE: turbo gradient spine echo
- TGV: transposition of the great vessels
- TH
- thyroid hormone
- teaching hospital
- Th: thorium
- THA: total hip arthroplasty
- THAD: transient hepatic attenuation differences
- THC: tetrahydrocannabinol (principle active component of marijuana)
- THID: transient hepatic intensity differences
- THR: total hip replacement
- Thr: threonine
- THRIVE: T1W high resolution isotropic volume examination (Philips)
- THz: terahertz
- TI
- Ti: titanium
- TIA: transient ischaemic attack
- Tib: tibia
- Tics: diverticula
- TIFF: tagged image file format
- TIPC: tunnelled indwelling pleural catheter
- TIRADS: thyroid image reporting and data system
- TIRM: turbo inversion recovery magnitude
- TKA: total knee arthroplasty
- TKI: tyrosine kinase inhibitor
- TKR: total knee replacement
- TL
- thoracolumbar
- tubal ligation
- Tl: thallium
- TLA: three letter acronym
- TLC
- total lung capacity
- triple lumen catheter
- tender loving care
- TLE: temporal lobe epilepsy
- TLH: total laparoscopic hysterectomy
- TM
- tympanic membrane
- transverse magnetisation
- Tm: thulium
- Tmax: time to maximum
- TMJ: temporomandibular joint
- TMS: tumefactive multiple sclerosis
- TMTJ: tarsometatarsal joint
- Tn: troponin
- TNM: tumour-nodes-metastases
- T&O: trauma and orthopaedics
- TOA: tubo-ovarian abscess
- TOE: transoesophageal echocardiography
- TOF
- TOG: tracheo-oesophageal groove
- TOLAC: trial of labour after caesarean section
- Tomo: tomogram
- TONE: tilt optimized nonsaturated excitation
- TOP:
- tail of pancreas
- tender on palpation
- termination of pregnancy
- TORCH: toxoplasmosis, other (syphilis, varicella, parvovirus), rubella, CMV, herpes
- TOS: thoracic outlet syndrome
- TOV: trial of void
- TP: transverse process
- tPA: tissue plasminogen activator
- TPC: tunnelled pleural catheter
- TPN: total parenteral nutrition
- TPT
- tibioperoneal trunk
- transpyloric tube
- TR
- T/R: transmit receive (coil)
- TRAQ: time-resolved acquisition (Hitachi)
- TRH: thyroid releasing hormone
- TRICKS: time-resolved imaging of contrast kinetics (GE)
- Trig: triggered
- Triple-A syndrome: achalasia-addisonianism-alacrima syndrome
- TRO: triple-rule-out
- Trop: troponin
- Trp: tryptophan
- TrueFISP: true fast imaging with steady state precession
- TRUFI: true fast imaging with steady state precession
- TRUS: transrectal ultrasound
- TS
- tricuspid stenosis
- tuberous sclerosis
- transverse section
- TSA: total shoulder arthroplasty
- tSDH: traumatic subdural haemorrhage
- TSE: turbo spin echo
- TSETF: turbo spin echo turbo factor
- TSF: Taylor spatial frame
- TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone
- TSR: total shoulder replacement
- TT-TG: tibial tuberosity - trochlear groove sulcus distance
- TTE: transthoracic echocardigraphy
- TTN: transient tachypnoea of the newborn
- TTP
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- time to peak
- TurboFLASH: turbo fast low angle shot
- TurboGRASS: turbo gradient recalled acquisition in steady state
- TurboGSE: turbo gradient spin echo
- TurboIR: turbo inversion recovery
- TURBT: transurethral resection of bladder tumour
- TURP: transurethral resection of the prostate
- TV
- tidal volume
- transvaginal (ultrasound)
- tricuspid valve
- TVH: total vaginal hysterectomy
- TVR: tricuspid valve replacement
- TWB
- total weight bearing
- touch weight bearing
- TWI: T wave inversion
- TWIST: time-resolved angiography with stochastic trajectories (Siemens)
- TWOC: trial without catheter
- Tx
- treatment
- tumour cannot be assessed (TNM)
- TXA: tranexamic acid
- Tyr: tyrosine
- TZ: transition zone (prostate)
- +<li>TFL: <a title="Tensor fasciae latae muscle" href="/articles/tensor-fasciae-latae-muscle">tensor fasciae latae</a>
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