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 the main list and any sublists in alphabetic order).
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T
T½: half-life time
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T1
T1DM: type 1 diabetes mellitus
T1WI: T1 weighted imaging
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T2
T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus
T2WI: T2 weighted imaging
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T3
tri-iodothyronine (a.k.a. thyronine)
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T4
thyroxine
T1-T12: thoracic vertebrae
T13: trisomy 13
T18: trisomy 18
T21: trisomy 21
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TA
transabdominal (ultrasound)
treatment authority
T&A: tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
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TACE
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TACS:
total anterior circulation stroke
transcranial alternating current stimulation
TAFRO: thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis and organomegaly syndrome
TAHBSO: total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
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TAI:
TAK: Takayasu arteritis
TAT: turnaround time
TATT: tired all the time
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TB
terabyte
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TBI
toe-brachial index
total body irradiation
TBNA: transbronchial needle aspiration
TBSA: total body surface area (burns)
tBW: transmitter (radiofrequency) bandwidth
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TC
Tc: technetium
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TCA
traumatic cardiac arrest
tricarboxylic acid
tricyclic antidepressant
TD: trochlear depth
TDP-43: transactive response (TAR) deoxyribonucleic acid-binding protein 43 (kDa)
TDR-TB: totally drug-resistant tuberculosis
TDS: three times a day (drug prescriptions, L: ter die sumendum)
TE: time to echo or echo time
TEA: total elbow arthroplasty
TECAB: totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass
TED: thromboembolic disease (e.g. TED stockings)
TEETH: tried everything else, try homeopathy
TEM: transmission electron microscopy
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TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
TER: total elbow replacement
TESA: testicular sperm aspiration
TET: tubal embryo transfer
TEVAR: thoracic endovascular aortic repair
TFCS: tibiofibular clear space
TFE: turbo field echo
TFL: tensor fasciae latae
TFO: tibiofibular overlap
TFTs: thyroid function tests
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TG
thyroglobulin
triglyceride
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TGA
Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australian equivalent of the FDA)
TGDC: thyroglossal duct cyst
TGSE: turbo gradient spine echo
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TH
teaching hospital
thyroid hormone
Th: thorium
THC: tetrahydrocannabinol (principle active component of marijuana)
Thr: threonine
THRIVE: T1W high resolution isotropic volume examination (Philips)
THz: terahertz
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TI
time to invert
Ti: titanium
Tib: tibia
Tics: diverticula
TIFF: tagged image file format
TIMI score: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction
TIPC: tunnelled indwelling pleural catheter
TIPIC: transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery
TKI: tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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TL
thoracolumbar
tubal ligation
Tl: thallium
TLA: three letter acronym
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TLC
tender loving care
total lung capacity
triple lumen catheter
TLH: total laparoscopic hysterectomy
T-LOC: transient loss of consciousness
TLSO: thoracolumbosacral orthosis
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TM
Tm: thulium
Tmax: time to maximum
TMD: temporomandibular dysfunction
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TMJ
trapeziometacarpal joint
TMTJ: tarsometatarsal joint
Tn: troponin
TNF: tumour necrosis factor
T&O: trauma and orthopaedics
TOA: tubo-ovarian abscess
TOC: trial of (urinary) catheter
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TOF
TOG: tracheo-oesophageal groove
TOLAC: trial of labour after caesarean section
Tomo: tomogram
TON: traumatic optic neuropathy
TONE: tilt optimised non-saturated excitation
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TOP:
tender on palpation
termination of pregnancy
TORCH: toxoplasmosis, other (syphilis, varicella, parvovirus), rubella, CMV, herpes
TORP: total ossicular replacement prosthesis
TOV: trial of void
TP: transverse process
tPA: tissue plasminogen activator
TPC: tunnelled pleural catheter
TPN: total parenteral nutrition
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TPS:
treatment planning system
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TPT
transpyloric tube
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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
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TRO
to 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
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TS
transverse section
TSE: turbo spin echo
TSETF: turbo spin echo turbo factor
TSF: Taylor spatial frame
TTFO: to take fluids orally
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TTP
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TTS
transdermal therapeutic system
thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome
TUBS: traumatic unilateral dislocation with a Bankart lesion requiring surgery
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
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TV
tidal volume
TVH: total vaginal hysterectomy
TVR: tricuspid valve replacement
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TWB
total weight bearing
touch weight bearing
TWI: T-wave inversion
TWIST: time-resolved angiography with stochastic trajectories (Siemens)
TWOC: trial without (urinary) catheter
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Tx
transplant
treatment
TXA: tranexamic acid
Tyr: tyrosine
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