Medical terms beginning with T

The study of poisons, including the source, effect, and treatment of poisoning.

A poison made by certain bacteria, plants, or animals, including insects.

A substance being studied in the treatment of brain tumors.

An enzyme made in the body that helps dissolve blood clots.

A form of nutrition that is delivered into a vein.

A substance made by the body that helps make blood cells, especially platelets.

A substance that comes from a type of sea squirt and is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A rare type of cancer that forms on or just beneath the skin, usually in parts of the body that have been exposed to the sun.

An element found in very small amounts in a given substance.

A substance (such as a radioisotope) used in imaging procedures.

A 2-inch- to 3-inch-long curved metal or plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open.

The airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi (large airways that lead to the lungs).

A ridge at the base of the trachea (windpipe) that separates the openings of the right and left main bronchi (the large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs).

Surgery to remove the cervix (the end of the uterus that forms a canal between the uterus and the vagina).The upper part of the vagina and certain pelvic lymph nodes may also be removed.

A small opening made by a surgeon between the esophagus and the trachea.

Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe.

A 0.5-inch- to 1.5-inch-long plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open.

A 2-inch- to 3-inch-long curved metal or plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open.

A belief or behavior that is passed from generation to generation in a family, a culture, or a religion.

An ancient form of acupuncture based on the principle that there are five universal elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water) that affect a person's emotions, personality, health, and response…