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

filarial dermatosis
A disease of sheep on high mountain ranges during the summer caused by larvae of the filarial worm, Elaeophora schneideri, which localise chiefly on the head, causing intense itching and loss of wool. ... Synonym: sorehead. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filarial funiculitis
Cellulitis of the spermatic cord due to filariasis; occurs endemically in Sri Lanka and Egypt, and probably elsewhere in the East. ... Synonym: endemic funiculitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filarial hydrocele
Hydrocele due to microfilaria (chiefly of Wuchereria bancrofti) in the tunica vaginalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filarial periodicity
The circadian rhythm observed in the appearance of filarial microfilariae in the peripheral blood. ... See: diurnal periodicity, nocturnal periodicity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filarial synovitis
Synovial inflammation often followed by fibrotic ankylosis due to microfilariae in the joint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filariasis
<dermatology, infectious disease, zoology> A disease caused by the parasitic nematode worm Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi. ... The parasite blocks the lymphatic system and causes lymphatic oedema, resulting in the swelling and thickening of skin tissues and the tissues immediately below the skin. The disease most commonly occurs in trop …

filaricidal
Fatal to filariae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filaricide
An agent that kills filariae. ... Origin: filaria + L. Caedo, to kill ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filaricides
Pharmacological agents destructive to nematodes in the superfamily filarioidea. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filariform
1. Resembling filariae or other types of small nematode worms. ... See: filariform larva. ... 2. Thin or hairlike. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filariform larva
Infective third-stage larva of the hookworm, Ascaris, and other nematodes with penetrating larvae or with larvae that migrate through the body to reach the intestine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filariicae
Synonym for filarioidea ... A superfamily of nematodes of the suborder spirurina. Its organisms possess a filiform body and a mouth surrounded by papillae. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filarioidea
A superfamily of nematodes of the suborder spirurina. Its organisms possess a filiform body and a mouth surrounded by papillae. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Filaroides
A genus of nematode parasites occurring in the lungs, bronchi, and trachea of dogs. Filaroides osleri is a small, widely distributed species that causes a chronic disease of dogs, manifested by small (usually less than 1 cm in diameter), gray-white or pink nodules; the most marked symptom is a harsh cough. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov Dukes' disease
<disease> An exanthem-producing infectious disease of childhood of unknown aetiology. ... Synonym: Filatov's disease, fourth disease, parascarlatina, scarlatinella, scarlatinoid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov flap
Synonym for tubed flap ... A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. ... Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov-Gillies flap
Synonym for tubed flap ... A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. ... Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle
Synonym for tubed flap ... A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. ... Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov, Nil
<person> Russian paediatrician, 1847-1902. ... See: Filatov's disease, Filatov's spots. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov, Vladimir
<person> Russian ophthalmologist, 1875-1956. ... See: Filatov flap, Filatov's operation, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov's disease
Synonym for Filatov Dukes' disease ... <disease> An exanthem-producing infectious disease of childhood of unknown aetiology. ... Synonym: Filatov's disease, fourth disease, parascarlatina, scarlatinella, scarlatinoid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov's operation
An obsolete eponym for penetrating keratoplasty. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Filatov's spots
Synonym for Koplik's spots ... Small red spot's on the buccal mucous membrane, in the centre of each of which may be seen, in a strong light, a minute bluish white speck; they occur early in measles (morbilli), before the skin eruption, and are regarded as a pathognomonic sign of the disease. ... Synonym: Filatov's spots. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filbert
1. <botany> The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. ... In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species. ... 2. <zoology> Fil …

file
1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. ... A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a tr …

filensin
<protein> Protein (100 kD) isolated from lens fibre cells, membrane associated anchor for vimentin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

filgrastim
A haematopoietic growth factor which promotes proliferation and maturation of neutrophil granulocytes. Clinically it is effective in decreasing the incidence of febrile neutropenia in patients with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive therapy or in reducing the duration of neutropenia and neutropenia-related clinical sequelae in pati …

filial generation
The offspring of a genetically specified mating: first filial generation (symbol F1), the offspring of parents of contrasting genotypes; second filial generation (F2), the offspring of two F1 individuals; third filial generation (F3), fourth filial generation (F4), etc., the offspring in succeeding generation's of continued inbreeding of F1 descend …

filiform
Thread-like. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

filiform adnatum
Synonym for congenital ankyloblepharon ... Congenital adhesion of the upper and lower eyelid by bands of tissue. ... Synonym: filiform adnatum. ... Origin: ankylo-+ G. Blepharon, eyelid ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filiform bougie
A very slender bougie usually used for gentle exploration of strictures or sinus tracts of small diameter where false passages can be encountered or created; the entering end can consist of either a straight or spiral tip, and the trailing end usually consists of a threaded cylinder into which the screw tip of a following bougie can be inserted. …

filiform nucleus
Synonym for paraventricular nucleus ... A triangular group of large magnocellular neurons in the periventricular zone of the anterior half of the hypothalamus. The cells of the nucleus are similar to those of the supraoptic nucleus; the axons of about 20% of their number join in the formation of the supraopticohypophysial tract and are functionally …

filiform papillae
Curved tapering cone shaped body on the tongue of rodents, of which the epithelial cell columns have been investigated in detail. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

filiform polyposis
<radiology> Benign, non-specific sequela of diffuse, severe mucosal inflammation, UC, Crohn's, XR: thin, straight filling defects, resembles stalks of polyps without heads ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filiform pulse
A thready pulse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filiform wart
Synonym for verruca filiformis ... A wart composed of a single or many greatly elongated papillae; appears more commonly on the face and neck. ... Synonym: filiform wart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filing
Collections of related records treated as a unit; ordering of such files. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filioparental
Pertaining to a child-parent relationship. ... Origin: L. Filius, son, + parens, parent, fr. Pario, to give birth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filipin
<chemical> 4,6,8,10,12,14,16,27-octahydroxy-3-(1-hydroxyhexyl)-17,28-dimethoxyoxacyclooctacosa-17,19,21,23,25-pentaen-2-one (filipin III). A complex of polyene antibiotics obtained from streptomyces filipinensis. Filipin III alters membrane function by interfering with membrane sterols, inhibits mitochondrial respiration, and is proposed as a …

fill
1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of. 'The rain also filleth the pools.' (Ps. Lxxxiv. 6) 'Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim.' (John II. 7) ... 2. To furnish an abudant supply to; t …

fill material
Any material used for the primary purpose of replacing an aquatic area with dry land or of changing the bottom elevation of a waterbody. The term does not include any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

filler graft
A graft used for the filling of defects, e.g., filling a cyst with bone chips. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fillet
1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. 'A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair.' (Pope) ... 2. A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. ... A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the t …

fillet layer
Synonym for stratum lemnisci ... A largely fibrous (hence whitish) layer of the superior colliculus separating the middle gray layer of superior colliculus from the deep gray layer of superior colliculus and containing, among others, fibres from the spinal and trigeminal lemnisci. ... Synonym: fillet layer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filling
1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc. ... 2. The woof in woven fabrics. ... 3. Prepared …

filling defect
Displacement of contrast medium by a space-occupying lesion in a radiographic study of a contrast-filled hollow viscus, such as a polyp on a barium enema; also applied to defects in the otherwise uniform distribution of radionuclide in an organ, such as a metastasis in the liver on a 99mTc-sulfur colloid scan. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

film
1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. 'He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.' (Pope) ... 2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. 'Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.' (Shak) ... Origin: AS. Film skin, fr. Fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. Filmene skin. See …

film changer
A device that moves film for radiographic studies that require rapid serial X-ray exposures, such as angiography. ... Synonym: rapid film changer, serial film changer. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

film dosimetry
Use of a device (film badge) for measuring exposure of individuals to radiation. It is usually made of metal, plastic, or paper and loaded with one or more pieces of X-ray film. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

film speed
The relative sensitivity of film emulsion to light or radiation exposure; speed is inversely related to detail resolution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

film, ap
An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from front-to-back (anteroposterior). As opposed to a PA (posteroanterior) film in which the rays pass through the body from back-to-front. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

film, lateral
An X-ray picture taken from the side. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

film, pa
An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). As opposed to an AP (anteroposterior) film in which the rays pass through the body from front-to-back. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filmcoated
Coated by a thin transparent sheet of cellulose acetate or similar material with an emulsion that is sensitive to light or radiation. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Filmer, David
<person> U.S. Biochemist, *1932. ... See: Adair-Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model, Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filopodia
Plural of filopodium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filopodium
A thin protrusion from a cell, usually supported by microfilaments, may be functionally the linear equivalent of the leading lamella. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

filopressure
Temporary pressure on a blood vessel by a ligature, which is removed when the flow of blood has ceased. ... Origin: L. Filum, thread ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filovaricosis
A series of swellings along the course of the axon of a nerve fibre. ... Origin: L. Filum, thread, + varix, dilation of vein ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filoviridae
<virology> A family of RNA-containing viruses that has the Ebolavirus and the Marburg virus asits primary members, all cause haemorrhagic fever. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

filoviridae infections
Infections with viruses of the family filoviridae. The infections in humans consist of a variety of clinically similar viral haemorrhagic fevers but the natural reservoir host is unknown. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filovirus
<virology> A synthetic auxin, also used as a selective herbicide. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

filovirus infections
Infections with viruses of the genus filovirus, family filoviridae. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filter
1. A porous substance through which a liquid or gas is passed in order to separate it from contained particulate matter or impurities. ... Synonym: filtrum. ... 2. To use or to subject to the action of a filter. ... 3. In diagnostic or therapeutic radiology, a plate made of one or more metals such as aluminum and copper that, placed in the x-or gamma- …

filter fabric
A fabric used to collect sediment from water flowing through a creek or through a gully. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

filter sterilisation
A lab technique to sterilise a solution by passing it through a filter fine enough to catch bacteria-sized microorganisms. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

filterable
Capable of passing a filter; frequently applied to smaller viruses and some bacteria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtering cicatrix
A cicatrix through which fluid may seep; denoting especially a form of cicatrix produced by an operation for glaucoma, through which there is subconjunctival drainage of aqueous humor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtering operation
A surgical procedure for creation of a fistula between the anterior chamber of the eye and the subconjunctival space in treatment of glaucoma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtering surgery
A surgical procedure used in treatment of glaucoma in which an opening is created through which aqueous fluid may pass from the anterior chamber into a sac created beneath the conjunctiva, thus lowering the pressure within the eye. (hoffman, pocket glossary of ophthalmologic terminology, 1989) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

filth
1. Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness. ... 2. Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution. 'To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights. ... <medicine>' (Tillotson) Filth disease, a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water. ... Origin: OE. Filthe, f …

filtrable virus
Synonym for virus ... <virology> Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites of living but noncellular nature, consisting of DNA or RNA and a protein coat. They range in diameter from 20-300nm. ... Class I viruses (Baltimore classification) have double stranded DNA as their genome. ... Class II have a single stranded DNA genome. ... Class III ha …

filtrate
That which has passed through a filter. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtrate factor
Former term for pantothenic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtrate nitrogen
Nonprotein nitrogen in various compounds that normally pass through the glomerular filtration, or through a filter in the laboratory (after proteins are precipitated). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtration
The passage of a liquid through a filter, accomplished by gravity, pressure or vacuum (suction). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

filtration angle
Synonym for iridocorneal angle ... The acute angle between the iris and the cornea at the periphery of the anterior chamber of the eye. ... Synonym: angulus iridocornealis, angle of iris, angulus iridis, filtration angle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtration coefficient
A measure of a membrane's permeability to water; specifically, the volume of fluid filtered in unit time through a unit area of membrane per unit pressure difference, taking into account both hydraulic and osmotic pressures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtration fraction
The fraction of the plasma entering the kidney that filters into the lumen of the renal tubules, determined by dividing the glomerular filtration rate by the renal plasma flow; normally, it is around 0.17. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtration slits
Synonym for slit pores ... The intercellular clefts between the interdigitating pedicels of podocytes; they are part of the filtration barrier of renal corpuscles. ... Synonym: filtration slits. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtration space
Synonym for capsular space ... The slitlike space between the visceral and parietal layers of the capsule of the renal corpuscle; it opens into the proximal tubule of the nephron at the neck of the tubule. ... Synonym: Bowman's space, filtration space. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filtrum
<dentistry> The dimple or indentation under the nose directly above the upper lip. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

filtrum ventriculi
A groove between the two prominences, in each lateral wall of the vestibule of the larynx, formed by the cuneiform and the arytenoid cartilages. ... Synonym: Merkel's filtrum ventriculi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filum
A structure of filamentous or threadlike appearance. ... Origin: L. Thread ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filum durae matris spinalis
Synonym for filum of spinal dura mater ... The thread-like termination of the spinal dura mater, surrounding and fused to the filum terminale of the cord, and attached to the deep dorsal sacrococcygeal ligament; extends from S2-3 to Co2 vertebral levels. ... Synonym: filum durae matris spinalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filum of spinal dura mater
The thread-like termination of the spinal dura mater, surrounding and fused to the filum terminale of the cord, and attached to the deep dorsal sacrococcygeal ligament; extends from S2-3 to Co2 vertebral levels. ... Synonym: filum durae matris spinalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

filum terminale
Synonym for terminal filum ... A long, slender connective tissue (pia mater) strand extending from the extremity of the medullary cone to the internal aspect of the spinal dural sac (filum terminale internum); stout strands of connective tissue attaching the spinal dural sac to the coccyx (filum terminale externum), commonly called the coccygeal lig …

fimbria
Short filamentous structure on a bacterial cell, although flagella-like in structure, generally present in many copies and not involved in motility. Plays a role in adherence to surfaces and in the formation of pellicles. ... See: pilus. ... The finger-like projections at the ends of the fallopian tubes which face the ovaries. The fimbria collect rel …

fimbria hippocampi
A narrow sharp-edged crest of white fibre matter, continuous with the alveus hippocampi, attached to the medial border of the hippocampus; composed of efferent fibres of the hippocampus that form the fornix, fibres of the hippocampal commissure, and septohippocampal fibres. ... Synonym: corpus fimbriatum, tenia hippocampi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fimbria ovarica
Synonym for ovarian fimbria ... The longest of the fimbriae of the uterine tube; it extends from the infundibulum to the ovary. ... Synonym: fimbria ovarica, infundibulo-ovarian ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fimbriae
Synonym for pili ... Thread-like structures present on some bacteria. Pili are shorter thanflagella and are used to adhere bacteria to oneanother during mating and to adhere to animal cells. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fimbriae of uterine tube
The irregularly branched or fringed processes surrounding the ampulla at the abdominal opening of the uterine tube; most of the lining epithelial cells have cilia that beat toward the uterus. ... Synonym: fimbriae tubae uterinae, laciniae tubae, Richard's fringes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fimbriae tubae uterinae
Synonym for fimbriae of uterine tube ... The irregularly branched or fringed processes surrounding the ampulla at the abdominal opening of the uterine tube; most of the lining epithelial cells have cilia that beat toward the uterus. ... Synonym: fimbriae tubae uterinae, laciniae tubae, Richard's fringes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fimbriae, bacterial
Thin, hairlike appendages, 1 to 20 microns in length and often occurring in large numbers, present on the cells of gram-negative bacteria, particularly enterobacteriaceae and neisseria. Unlike flagella, they do not possess motility, but being protein (pilin) in nature, they possess antigenic and haemagglutinating properties. They are of medical imp …

fimbriate
Of a margin, fringed with long slender hair-like processes (fimbriae). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fimbriated fold
Synonym for plica fimbriata ... One of several folds running outward from the frenulum on the undersurface of the tongue. ... Synonym: fimbriated fold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fimbriectomy
<procedure> Excision of fimbriae. ... Origin: L. Fimbria, fringe, + G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fimbrin
<protein> Actin binding protein (68 kD) from the core of epithelial brush border microvilli. Contains the EF hand motif. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

fimbriocele
Hernia of the corpus fimbriatum of the oviduct. ... Origin: L. Fimbria, fringe, + G. Kele, hernia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fimbriodentate sulcus
A shallow groove between the fimbria and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. ... Synonym: sulcus fimbriodentatus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...