Category: T

Orthosis fabricated to allow pinch and grasp movements through use of wrist extensors. Also called wrist-driven flexor hinge hand splint.  

One of a variety of splints used for temporary or intermittent support and stabilization of the teeth.  

An acute arthritis due to infection causing spinal ankylosis during or following typhoid fever.  

Non-fluent or halting speech, in which some nouns or verbs are uttered but other elements of normal sentence structure are replaced by pauses or gaps. This type of aphasia is a hallmark of Broca’s aphasia.  

An analytical device that can rapidly assess the biochemical makeup of hundreds of specimens by measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of molecules.  

A spasm characterized by a turning of a part, especially the turning of the body at the pelvis.  

Continued involuntary contractions.  

A spasm in which contractions occur repeatedly and without interruption.  

Any space within tissues not lined with epithelium and containing tissue fluid.  

A deep fascial space in the hand lying anterior to the adductor pollicis muscle.