Category: T

Surgery on the pituitary gland, performed with an incision made through the base of the sphenoid sinus. It is typically performed through the nasal passages or the oral cavity for removal of a macroadenoma of the pituitary gland in patients with acromegaly, prolactinomas, or other pituitary tumors. Operations on the pituitary gland performed with an…

Stress that causes mild inflammation or local damage.  

Stomatitis resulting from mechanical injury as from ill-fitting dentures, sharp jagged teeth, orbiting the cheek.  

A variant of hiatal hernia in which the stomach lies above the diaphragm. This may result from an embryonic anomaly in which the stomach fails to descend, or from a hernia of the diaphragm.  

The least or weakest stimulus that is capable of initiating a response or giving rise to a sensation.  

A stimulus produced by a change in skin temperature, a rise giving sensations of warmth, a fall giving sensations of coldness.  

An opaque, protuberant scar found in place of the cornea. It is caused by a perforation of the cornea resulting in poor vision, increased tension, and rupture of thin scar. Treatment involves incision, excision, and ablation.  

In arteriography, an abnormally dense area in a radiographical image caused by the collection of contrast medium in the vessels. This may be a sign of neoplastic growth.  

A splint that provides continual traction to a midshaft lower extremity fracture.