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Telemetry unit
Telemetry unit A small transmitter with wires that attach ECG patches to the chest that is used to send information about the heart via radio transmission to healthcare professionals for evaluation.
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Chest
The area of the body located between the neck and the abdomen. The chest contains the lungs, the heart and part of the aorta. The walls of the chest are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
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Telepaque
Telepaque is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): iopanoic acid.
Telephone scatophilia
a paraphilia of the solicitational/allurative type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and dependent upon deception and ruse in luring or threatening a telephone respondent, known or unknown, into listening to, and making personally explicit conversation in the sexuoerotic vernacular. Typically, the caller is not dangerous, only a nuisance. There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition of inviting and possibly charging for such telephone calls.
Telephonicophilia
A paraphilia of the solicitational/allurative type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and contingent on deception and ruse in luring or threatening a telephone respondent, known or unknown, into listening to, and making personally explicit conversation in the sexuoerotic vernacular [from telephone + -philia]. Typically, the caller is not dangerous, only a nuisance. There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition of inviting and possibly charging for such telephone calls.
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Toxoid
A nontoxic derivative of a toxin used as an immunogen for the induction of antibodies capable of cross-reacting with the toxin.
Tenuate
Tenuate is the brand name for diethylpropion. Diethylpropion is a sympathomimetic amine similar to an amphetamine, also known as an "anorectic" or an "anorexigenic" medication.
Tenuate stimulates the central nervous system (nerves and brain)increasing the heart rate and blood pressure and decreasing the appetite. This drug is used as a short-term supplement to diet and exercise in the treatment of obesity and should only be taken with a medical prescription.
Outside US it may be found under the name of Neobes.
Telangiectasia
Telangiectasia are dilated superficial blood vessels. This appearance may occur in rosacea, in certain systemic diseases like ataxia-telangiectasia, scleroderma or in some long-term therapy with topical fluorinated corticosteroids. Telangiectasia may also occur as a component of inherited disorders, including hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Tachycardia
Rapid heart beat.
Tachypnea
Rapid breathing.
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Temporal arteries
Vessels located over the temples on each side of the head, that supply blood to part of the head.
Tendinitis
An inflammation in a tendon or the tendon covering.
Tenesmus
Straining to have a bowel movement. May be painful and continue for a long time without result.
Thallium stress test
A study in which radioactive potassium is carried by the blood and the progress is followed by x-ray pictures.
Thoracic
Pertaining to or affecting the chest.
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