Category: T

A surgical operation to cut the nerve pathway taking sensations of pain to the brain, as a treatment for severe pain that is hard to control. A neurosurgical operation for the relief of intractable pain. The nerve fibers that carry painful sensations to consciousness travel from the spinal cord through the brainstem in the spinothalamic…

Referring to both the trachea and the oesophagus.  

Inflammation of both the trachea and the bronchi. Common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of both the trachea and the bronchi. Inflammation affecting both the windpipe and the bronchial tubes.  

A surgical operation to repair tears in the cervix of the uterus. The surgical stitching of a tear in the cervix.  

The feeling that something is pulling on the windpipe when the person breathes in, a symptom of aneurysm. A sign that is indicative of an aneurysm of the aortic arch: a downward tug is felt on the windpipe when the finger is placed in the midline at the root of the neck. A slight downward…

Referring to the trachea.  

A very small amount.  

A surgical operation to treat glaucoma by cutting a channel through trabeculae to link with Schlemm’s canal. An operation to facilitate drainage of fluid (aqueous humor) from the front of the eye. Trabeculectomy is used to treat glaucoma, a disease in which rising pressure inside the eyeball impairs vision. After the person has been given…

A mixture of a toxoid and an antitoxin, used as a vaccine.  

The infestation of the intestine with worms from a dog or cat. Toxocariasis is an infection that results from the invasion of parasites found in the intestines of dogs and cats. About 10,000 people are affected annually with toxocariasis in the United States. An infection caused by the larvae of parasitic roundworms commonly found in…