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Tm

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Tm transport maximum. In kidney function tests, it is expressed as Tm with inferior letters representing the substance used in the test; e.g., TmPAH for aminohippuric acid.
Tm thulium.
Tm 1
The symbol for the element thulium.

Tm 2
abbr.
1. transport maximum
2. tubular maximum

tm
abbr.
temperature midpoint (on the Celsius scale)

Tm,
symbol for the element thulium.

TM,
abbreviation for transcendental meditation.

thulium [thoo´le-um]
a chemical element, atomic number 69, atomic weight 168.934, symbol Tm. (See Appendix 6.)

Tm
tubular maximum (of the kidneys); used in reporting kidney function studies, with inferior letters representing the substance used in the test, as TmPAH (tubular maximum for para-aminohippuric acid).

Tm
1. chemical symbol, thulium.
2. tubular maximum (in renal excretion). See also Tm.

Tm
1. Melting temperature 2. Tubular maximum

TM
1 Temporomandibular 2 Thalassemia major, see there 3 Transitional mucosa 4 Transmetatarsal 5 Tympanic membrane, see there


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