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Dwell time
The length of time a therapeutic substance will be retained in the body.
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Clot retraction time
The time required following withdrawal of blood for a clot to completely contract and express the serum entrapped within the fibrin net. The normal time is about 1 hr. Clot retraction depends on the number of platelets in the specimen. The duration required for a blood sample to coagulate and form a solid clot is…
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Backup time
In radiography, the time setting selected before an automated exposure, usually 150% of the anticipated total exposure time for projection.
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Time
The interval between beginning and ending; measured duration. Its measurement and the effect it has on many aspects of human activity, the days, the seasons, the years, is important to everyone. Some aspect of this subject has engaged human attention throughout history and probably throughout prehistory. We experience it in our daily existence, through the…
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Tiltometer
A device for measuring the degree of tilt of a bed or operating table; used to determine which end of the spinal canal is lower when spinal anesthesia has been given.
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Tigroid bodies
Masses of chromophil substance present in the cell bodies of neurons.
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Tigretier
A dancing mania or form of tarantism caused by the bite of a poisonous spider, occurring in Tigre, Ethiopia.
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Fat tide
Increased fat in the lymph and blood after a fatty meal.
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Acid tide
Temporary increase in acidity of urine caused by increased secretion of alkaline substances into the duodenum or by fasting.
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Tide
Alternate rise and fall; a space of time.
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