Termine | Definizione |
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Tactile Sensitivity |
sensitive to the touch |
Td vaccine |
A booster to the DTaP vaccine. It helps prevent tetanus and diphtheria. It's given when your child is 11 years old or older and every 10 years throughout life. |
Terminal/interstitial |
interstice is an empty space or gap |
Tics |
Persistent prescence of abrupt, repetitive involuntary movements and sounds that have been described as caricatures of normal physical acts. |
Tinnitus (ringing in the ear) |
Medical term for hearing noises in your ears when there is no outside source of the sounds. They can be soft or loud. |
Tongue Thrusting |
pushes the tongue against the teeth when swallowing |
Tongue tied (Ankyloglossia) |
The improper positioning of tongue tissue in the mouth, which restricts the tongue's free movement. |
Tonic seizures |
Brief seizures, usually less than 60 seconds, consisting of sudden onset of increased tone in extensor muscles. |
Tonic-clonic seizures |
A seizure involving the entire body. (AKA: Grand Mal Seizure). Usually involves muscle rigidity, violent muscle contractions, and loss of consciousness. |
Tonsillectomy |
Surgery to remove the tonsils. These glands are at the back of your troat. |
Tonsillitis |
Inflammation (swelling) of the tonsils. |
Torticollis |
A twisted neck in which the head is tipped to one side, while the chin is turned to the other. |
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return or connection |
A rare congenital malformation in which all four pulmonary veins do not connect normally to the left atrium. Instead they drain into the right atrium by way of an abnormal connection. |
Translocation |
Chromosomal abnormalities which occur when chromosomes break and the fragments rejoin to other chromosomes. |
Trichorino-Phalangal Syndrome |
an extremely rare inherited multisystem |