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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

Feil, Andre
<person> French physician, *1884. ... See: Klippel-Feil syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Feiss line
A line running from the medial malleolus to the plantar aspect of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Feiss, Henry
<person> 20th century American orthopedic surgeon. ... See: Feiss line. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

felbama te
An anticonvulsant/antiepileptic agent chemically related to meprobamate; useful in complex partial seizures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Feldberg, Wilhelm
<person> British physiologist, *1900. ... See: Dale-Feldberg law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Feldman, Harry Alfred
<person> U.S. Epidemiologist, *1914. ... See: Sabin-Feldman dye test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feldspath
<chemical> A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colours are …

felicitate
1. To make very happy; to delight. 'What a glorius entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit.' (I. Watts) ... 2. To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate. 'Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom.' (W. Howitt) ... Synonym: See …

felicity
Origin: OE. Felicite, F. Felicite, fr. L. Felicitas, fr. Felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to foetus. ... 1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. 'Our own felicity we make or find.' (Johnson) 'Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity.' (Book of Common Prayer) ... 2. That which promotes happ …

Felidae
A family of Carnivora embracing domestic and wild cats such as lions and tigers. ... Origin: L. Felis, cat ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline
<zoology> Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a cat. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

feline agranulocytosis
Synonym for panleukopenia ... A highly contagious and fatal disease of cats, particularly young cats, caused by feline panleukopenia virus, a member of the family Parvoviridae, and manifested by severe leukopenia, prostration, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. ... Synonym: distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis. …

feline distemper
Synonym for panleukopenia ... A highly contagious and fatal disease of cats, particularly young cats, caused by feline panleukopenia virus, a member of the family Parvoviridae, and manifested by severe leukopenia, prostration, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. ... Synonym: distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis. …

feline immunodeficiency virus
A lentivirus causing acquired immunodeficiency in cats. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline infectious anaemia
An acute or chronic anaemia of domestic cats caused by the rickettsia Haemobartonella felis. ... Synonym: haemobartonellosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline infectious enteritis
Synonym for panleukopenia ... A highly contagious and fatal disease of cats, particularly young cats, caused by feline panleukopenia virus, a member of the family Parvoviridae, and manifested by severe leukopenia, prostration, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. ... Synonym: distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis. …

feline infectious peritonitis
Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (infectious peritonitis virus, feline). The disease is characterised by a long incubation period, fever, depression, loss of appetite, wasting, and progressive abdominal enlargement. Infection of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage appears to be essential in …

feline leukaemia
A leukaemic disorder of cats caused by feline leukaemia virus, a member of the family Retroviridae, and characterised by depression and mild fever, and by the presence of tumours in the mediastinal and mesenteric lymph nodes, followed by multiple tumour formation throughout the body; during the terminal stages of the disease lymphoblasts may appear …

feline leukaemia virus
A retrovirus of the Oncornovirinae subfamily causing many proliferative (neoplastic) and degenerative (blastopenic) diseases in domestic cats, including lymphosarcoma, thymic atrophy, immune complex glomerulonephritis, foetal abortions and resorptions, and several myeloproliferative and myelodegenerative conditions; it also causes immunosuppression …

feline oesophagus
<radiology> Multiple thin transverse folds seen on oesophagram, normal variant, may be secondary to, GE reflux, scleroderma ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

feline panleukopenia
A highly contagious DNA virus infection of the cat family and of mink, characterised by fever, enteritis and bone marrow changes. It is also called feline ataxia, feline agranulocytosis, feline infectious enteritis, cat fever, cat plague, show fever. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

feline panleukopenia virus
A virus of the genus Parvovirus that causes panleukopenia; the virus infects all Felidae, raccoons and mink, but not dogs or other Canidae. ... Synonym: cat distemper virus, panleukopenia virus of cats. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline pneumonitis
An infectious respiratory illness of domesticated cats caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline polioencephalomyelitis
A chronic disease of cats characterised by paraparesis and ataxia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline rhinotracheitis virus
A herpesvirus that causes feline viral rhinotracheitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline sarcoma
<oncology, tumour> An oncogene carried by one of the strains of the feline sarcoma virus (the Snyder-Theilen strain, Garden-Rasheed strain, McDonough strain). It causes the development of sarcoma tumours in cats. The normal product of the gene (as a proto-oncogene) seems to be a kinase enzyme that phosphorylates (attaches phosphate groups to) …

feline sarcoma virus
<virology> A retrovirus which carries an oncogene that causes feline sarcoma (a tumour-causing disease) in cats. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

feline urolithiasis syndrome
Synonym for feline urological syndrome ... <syndrome> A common disease of cats where development of urinary calculi produce urethral obstruction in males and cystitis and urethritis in females. ... Synonym: feline urolithiasis syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline urological syndrome
<syndrome> A common disease of cats where development of urinary calculi produce urethral obstruction in males and cystitis and urethritis in females. ... Synonym: feline urolithiasis syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feline viral rhinotracheitis
An acute upper respiratory tract infection of cats caused by the feline rhinotracheitis virus; it is frequently fatal in kittens but mild in adults, who sometimes become convalescent carriers of the virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Felix, Arthur
<person> Polish bacteriologist, 1887-1956. ... See: Weil-Felix reaction, Weil-Felix test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fell
1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. 'While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.' (Shak) ... 2. Eager; earnest; intent. 'I am so fell to my business.' (Pepys) ... Origin: OE. Fel, OF. Fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. Fel (only in comp) OF. Fel, as a noun also accus. Felon, is fr. LL. Felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall e …

fellatio
Oral stimulation of the penis; a type of oral-genital sexual activity; contrasted with cunnilingus, which is the oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris. ... Synonym: irrumation. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feller-buncher
A self-propelled machine that cuts trees with giant shears near ground level and then stacks the trees into piles to await skidding. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

fellow
<specialist> A medical doctor who has completed medical school, some training as a junior doctor and who is training for a specialised branch of medicine. Usually applied to doctors involved in research. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fellowships and scholarships
Stipends or grants-in-aid granted by foundations or institutions to individuals for study. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

felly
Origin: OE. Feli, felwe, felow, AS. Felg, felge; akin to D. Velg, G. Felge, OHG. Felga felly (also, a harrow, but prob. A different word), Dan. Felge. ... The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes. ... Alternative forms: felloe] 'Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel.' (Shak) ... Source: Websters D …

felodipine
<chemical> 4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid ethyl methyl ester. A dihydropyridine calcium antagonist with positive inotropic effects. It lowers blood pressure by reducing peripheral vascular resistance through a highly selective action on smooth muscle in arteriolar resistance vessels. The drug has …

felon
<microbiology> A soft tissue infection of the finger tip. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Felson, Benjamin
<person> U.S. Radiologist, 1913-1988. ... See: silhouette sign of Felson. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

felt
1. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. 'It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.' (Shak). ... 2. A hat made of felt. ... 3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. 'To know whether sheep are …

feltwork
1. A fibrous network. ... 2. A close plexus of nerve fibrils. ... See: neuropil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Felty, Augustus
<person> U.S. Physician, 1895-1963. ... See: Felty's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Felty's syndrome
<syndrome> A clinical condition characterised by rheumatoid arthritis, enlargement of the spleen and leukopenia. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

FeLV
<abbreviation> Feline leukaemia virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

felypressin
<chemical> Synthetic analog of lypressin with more vasoconstrictor than antidiuretic action. It is used as a haemostatic. ... Pharmacological action: haemostatics, renal agents, vasoconstrictor agents. ... Chemical name: Vasopressin, 2-L-phenylalanine-8-L-lysine- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

female
1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova. 'The male and female of each living thing.' (Drayton) ... 2. <botany> A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pisti …

female catheter
A short, nearly straight catheter for passage into the female bladder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female condom
<gynaecology> A soft, loose-fitting polyurethane sheath, closed at one end, with flexible rings at both ends. ... The device is inserted into the vagina by compressing the inner ring and pushing it in. Properly positioned, the ring at the closed end covers the cervix, and the sheath lines the walls of the vagina. The outer ring remains outside …

female fern
<botany> . ... A common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries; lady fern. ... The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character. ... Synonym: Female, Feminine. ... We apply female to the sex or indi …

female gonad
Synonym for ovary ... <anatomy> One of two small oval bodies situated on either side of the uterus on the posterior surface of the broad ligament. The structures in which the ova (eggs) are developed and released during ovulation. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

female hermaphroditism
More correctly female pseudohermaphroditism, as the term is commonly used; however, it may designate true hermaphroditism, in which overt bodily characteristics are predominantly female. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female homosexuality
Erotic predisposition, or activity, including sexual congress, between two women past the age of puberty. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female infertility
<radiology> Tubal (30%), partial/complete obstruction, intra/peritubal adhesions, ovulatory (30%), anovulation, luteal phase defect, cervical (less than10%), diminished mucus production, infected mucus, sperm antibodies, pelvic / peritoneal (20%), endometriosis, periadnexal adhesions, TB, uterine (less than10%), abnormal morphology, synechiae …

female pattern alopecia
Diffuse partial hair loss in the centroparietal area of the scalp, with preservation of the frontal and temporal hair lines; the most frequent type of androgenic alopecia in women. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female pattern baldness
<dermatology> Hair loss in women that may be associated with aging, hormones (androgens) or genetic predisposition. ... The pattern of baldness in women is different from that of men. In women there is thinning of the hair all over the scalp, but the frontal hairline is maintained. The hair loss is usually permanent. Treatment has been success …

female prostate
Term sometimes applied to the periurethral glands in the upper part of the urethra in the female. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female pseudohermaphroditism
Pseudohermaphroditism with skeletal and genital anomalies but with female gonads and an XX karyotype. ... Synonym: androgynism, androgyny. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female rhymes
Double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. ... A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree (strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which the two final syllables of each verse agree, th …

female sterility
The inability of the female to conceive, due to inadequacy in structure or function of the genital organs. ... Synonym: infecundity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female urethra
A canal about 4 cm long passing from the bladder, in close relation with the anterior wall of the vagina and having a long axis that parallels that of the vagina, opening in the vestibule of the vagina posterior to the clitoris and anterior to the vaginal orifice. ... Synonym: urethra feminina, urethra muliebris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

female urethral syndrome
Synonym for urethral syndrome ... <syndrome, urology> Symptoms of a urinary tract infection although the urine is sterile when analysed. This suggests the infection is localised to the urethra (urethritis). Treated with antibiotics. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

feminine
1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. 'Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.' (Macaulay) ... 2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless …

femininity complex
In psychoanalysis, the unconscious fear, in boys and men, of castration at the hands of the mother with resultant identification with the aggressor and envious desire for breasts and vagina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

feminism
The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes and organised activity on behalf of women's rights and interests. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

feminization
Development of what are superficially external female characteristics by a male. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral
<anatomy> Pertaining to the femur or to the thigh. ... Origin: L. Femoralis ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

femoral arch
Synonym for inguinal ligament ... <anatomy> A fibrous band formed by the thickened inferior border of the aponeurosis of the external oblique that extends from the anterior superior spine of the ilium to the pubic tubercle bridging, muscular and vascular lacunae;forms the floor of the inguinal canal; gives origin to the lowermost fibres of int …

femoral artery
<anatomy, artery> The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

femoral canal
The medial compartment of the femoral sheath. ... Synonym: canalis femoralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral fossa
A depression on the peritoneal surface of the abdominal wall, inferior to the inguinal ligament, corresponding to the situation of the femoral ring. ... Synonym: crural fossa, fovea femoralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral fractures
Fractures of the femur. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

femoral hernia
<surgery> A common type of groin hernia which occurs most often in obese females. A groin mass (due to a loop of bowel) may be noted with coughing or straining. ... If the hernia becomes incarcerated (trapped) it may strangulate (cut off the blood supply) and become a life threatening surgical emergency. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

femoral muscle
Synonym for vastus intermedius ... <anatomy, muscle> Origin, upper three-fourths of anterior surface of shaft of femur; insertion, tibial tuberosity by way of common tendon of quadriceps femoris and patellar ligament; action, extends leg; nerve supply, femoral. ... Synonym: musculus vastus intermedius, crureus, femoral muscle, intermediate grea …

femoral neck fractures
Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters. It excludes intertrochanteric fractures which are hip fractures. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

femoral nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually l2 to l4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to provide motor innervation to extensors of the thigh and sensory innervation to parts of the thigh, lower leg, and foot, and to the hip and knee joints. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

femoral opening
Synonym for adductor hiatus ... The aperture in the aponeurotic insertion of the adductor magnus that transmits the femoral artery and vein from the adductor canal to the popliteal space. ... Synonym: hiatus tendineus, hiatus adductorius, femoral opening, tendinous opening. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral plexus
An autonomic plexus surrounding the femoral artery, derived from the iliac plexus. ... Synonym: plexus femoralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral reflex
Scratching the skin of the upper part of the front of the thigh causes extension of the knee and flexion of the foot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral region
The region of the thigh between hip and knee. ... Synonym: regio femoralis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral ring
The superior opening of the femoral canal, bounded anteriorly by the inguinal ligament, posteriorly by the pectineus muscle, medially by the lacunar ligament, and laterally by the femoral vein. Passageway by which many lymphatics from lower limb pass to abdomen. Accommodates enlargement of femoral vein in Valsalva manoeuvre. Often occupied by a lym …

femoral septum
The delicate fibrous membrane that closes the femoral ring at the base of the femoral canal. ... Synonym: septum femorale, Cloquet's septum, crural septum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoral sheath
The fascia enclosing the femoral vessels, formed by the transversalis fascia anteriorly and the iliac fascia posteriorly; two septa divide the sheath into three compartments, the lateral of which contains the femoral artery and the femoral branch of the genitofemoral nerve, the middle the femoral vein, and the medial is the femoral canal. ... Synony …

femoral triangle
A triangular space at the upper part of the thigh, bounded by the sartorius and adductor longus muscles and the inguinal ligament, with a floor formed laterally by the iliopsoas muscle and medially by the pectineus muscle; the branches of the femoral nerve are distributed within the femoral triangle; it is bisected by the femoral vessels, which ent …

femoral vein
<anatomy, vein> The vein accompanying the femoral artery in the same sheath; it is a continuation of the popliteal vein and becomes the external iliac vein. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

femoroabdominal reflex
Contraction of the abdominal muscles upon stroking the inner aspect of the thigh; in association with the cremasteric reflex. ... Synonym: hypogastric reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femorocele
Synonym: femoral hernia. ... Origin: L. Femur, thigh, + G. Kele, hernia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoropatellar joint
The articulation of the facets on the articular surface of the patella with corresponding surfaces on the femoral condyles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoropopliteal bypass
A vascular prosthesis that bypasses an obstruction in the femoral artery; may be synthetic material, autologous tissue, or heterologous tissue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femoropopliteal occlusive disease
<disease> Obstruction of the femoral and popliteal arteries by atherosclerosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femorotibial
Relating to the femur and the tibia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femto-
SI and metric systems to signify one-quadrillionth (10-15). ... Origin: Danish and Norwegian femten, fifteen ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

femur
<anatomy> The large bone in the thigh that articulates with the pelvis above and the knee below. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

femur head
The hemispheric articular surface at the upper extremity of the thigh bone. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

femur head necrosis
Aseptic or avascular necrosis of the femoral head. The major types are idiopathic (primary), as a complication of fractures or dislocations, and legg-perthes disease. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fen
<ecology> Low land covered wholly or partially with water but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants, boggy land, a moor or marsh, plant community on alkaline, neutral, or slightly acid peat. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fenbendazole
<chemical> Methyl-5-(phenylthio)-2-benzimidazolecarbamate. Antinematodal benzimidazole used in veterinary medicine. ... Pharmacological action: antinematodal agent, carcinogens. ... Chemical name: Carbamic acid, (5-(phenylthio)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-, methyl ester ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fenbufen
A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent resembling ibuprofen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fencamine
8-(2-[Methyl(alpha-methylphenethyl)amino]ethylamino)caffeine;a central nervous system stimulant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fence
1. To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard. 'To fence my ear against thy sorceries.' (Milton) ... 2. To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure. 'O thou wall! . . . Dive in the earth, And fence not Athens.' (Shak) 'A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees.' (Shak) To fence the tables, to make a …