Category: T

A central catheter containing three separate channels or passageways.  

Medical care of a patient in a facility staffed and equipped to administer comprehensive care. In the usual situation, this level of care is provided in a large hospital to which the patient has been referred or transferred.  

Reversible dysfunction of the left ventricle. It may be the cause of transient heart failure that occurs after stressful events. The heart in such instances takes on a rounded shape with a narrow neck, resembling a traditional Japanese lobster trap (a “takotsubo.”)  

A malignancy found in the anterior mediastinum, usually a squamous cell carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, or lymphoepithelioma. Many of these tumors release chemically active substances that cause paraneoplastic syndromes.  

The fibrous covering of the synovial joint between the skull and mandible on each side of the head.  

A test of vital capacity of the lungs expressed with respect to the volume of air that can be quickly and forcibly breathed out in a certain amount of time.  

The sum of the soluble and protein-bound calcium in the blood.  

A burn resulting from contact with fire, hot objects, or fluids.  

The earliest evidence of tooth development. The tooth buds form in the dental lamina. Tooth buds for the deciduous teeth develop first (6 weeks of gestation) and more superficially; tooth buds for the permanent teeth develop later (10 weeks of gestation) and deeper in the dental lamina.  

The next-to-last subdivision of a bronchiole, leading to the respiratory bronchioles.