Tenesmus - a persistent urge
to empty the bowel, usually caused by an inflammation of the
rectum.
Thrombosis - a blood clot.
Total abdominal colectomy -
the surgical removal of the entire colon.
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
- the feeding of a nutrient solution through a catheter (tube)
placed in a large vein; it is used to provide nutrition to
severely malnourished patients, allow the bowel to rest, prepare
malnourished patients for surgery, or to restore poorly nourished
patients after surgery.
Toxic megacolon - an acute
swelling of the colon caused by colitis or Crohn's disease,
and may lead to perforation.
Transverse colon - the portion of
the colon between the ascending colon and the spleen.
This information
is provided as a general educational service
and is not intended to recommend any particular treatment plan
or to replace the advice of physicians. It is important that patients
seek and rely on the advice of a healthcare professional
about their individual medical conditions.
