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A partial or complete loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and ones surroundings. When the loss of consciousness is temporary and there is spontaneous recovery, it is referred to as syncope or, in nonmedical quarters, fainting. Syncope accounts for nearly one in every 30 visits to an emergency room. Syncope is due to a temporary…

Also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis, this is a serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). The vessels affected by inflammation are the arteries (hence the name “arteritis”). The age of affected patients is usually over 50 years of age. Giant cell arteritis can lead to blindness and/or stroke. It…

1. Pertaining to time, limited in time, temporary, or transient.2. Pertaining to the temple region of the head. The temporallobe of the brain is located beneath the temple.From the Latin tempus which means both time and the temple of the head.

The area just behind and to the side of the forehead and the eye, above the side of the zygomatic arch (cheekbone) and in front of the ear.

The temperature is the specific degree of hotness or coldness of the body. It is usually measured with a thermometer.

Transesophageal echocardiography. A diagnostic test which employs ultrasound waves to make images of the heart chambers, valves and surrounding structures and which is done through the esophagus. TEE may be used, for example, in the treatment of children having heart surgery. TEE has unusually accurate imaging capabilities that permit the identification of previously unidentified anatomic features and postoperative surgical results…

A drop of the salty secretion of the lacrimal glands which serves to moisten the conjunctiva and cornea.

Td is the vaccine given to children over six and adults as a booster for immunity to diphtheria and tetanus.

Adult diphtheria and tetanus toxoids. 

This test determines if a person has been infected with the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). There are two types of tests for TB infection, skin tests and blood tests. In TB skin tests, a small amount of fluid known as tuberculin is injected beneath the skin. In 48-72 hours, the patient returns to the health care…