Copy of `mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary`

The wordlist doesn't exist anymore, or, the website doesn't exist anymore. On this page you can find a copy of the original information. The information may have been taken offline because it is outdated.

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

fimbrioplasty
Reconstructive or corrective surgery on the fimbria of a damaged or blocked fallopian tube. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fin
1. <marine biology, zoology> An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. ... Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, thoug …

final host
Synonym for definitive host ... <epidemiology> The host in which a parasite reproduces sexually. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

final impression
In dentistry, the impression that is used to make the master cast. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

financial audit
An examination, review and verification of all financial accounts. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

financial management
The obtaining and management of funds for institutional needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

financial management, hospital
The obtaining and management of funds for hospital needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

financial support
The provision of monetary resources including money or capital and credit; obtaining or furnishing money or capital for a purchase or enterprise and the funds so obtained. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

financing, construction
Funding resources and procedures for capital improvement or the construction of facilities. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

financing, government
Federal, state, or local government organised methods of financial assistance. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

financing, organised
All organised methods of funding. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

financing, personal
Payment by an individual or his family for health care services which are not covered by a third-party payer, either insurance or medical assistance. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

finasteride
<chemical> (5 alpha,17 beta)-n-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-oxo-4-azaandrost-1-ene-17-carboxamide. An orally active testosterone 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor. It is used as a surgical alternative for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. ... Pharmacological action: enzyme inhibitors. ... Chemical name: 4-Azaandrost-1-ene-17-carboxamide, N-(1,1-dim …

finch
Origin: AS. Finc; akin to D. Vink, OHG. Fincho, G. Fink; cf. W. Pinc a finch; also E. Spink. ... <zoology> A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae. ... The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Bramble finch. See Brambling. Canary finch, the canar …

Finckh test
A psychological test in which the patient is asked to explain certain proverbial expressions, such as 'burn the candle at both ends,' 'the early bird catches the worm,' etc. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Finckh, Johann
<person> German psychiatrist, *1873. ... See: Finckh test. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

find
1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person. 'Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up.' (Shak) 'In woods and forests thou art found.' (Cowley) ... 2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; …

finding
1. That which is found, come upon, or provided; especially. (pl), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc. 'When a man hath been laboring . . . In the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage.' (Milton) ... 2. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; e …

fine
1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. 'The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold.' (Prov. Iii. 14) 'A cup of wine that's brisk and fine.' (Shak) 'Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars.' (Felton) 'To so …

fine needle aspiration
Procedure to remove cells or fluid from tissues using a needle with an empty syringe. Cells or breast fluid is extracted by pulling back on plunger and then is analysed by a physician. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fine needle biopsy
Removal of tissue or suspensions of cells through a small needle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fine structure
Synonym for ultrastructure ... <pathology> General term to describe the level of organisation that is below the level of resolution of the light microscope. In practice, a shorthand term for structure observed using the electron microscope, although other techniques could give information about structure in the sub micrometre range. ... (18 Nov …

fine structure mapping
A technique of DNA mapping which makes use of extremely rare recombination events where the crossing over occurs between two genes or two alleles of a gene that are only a few nucleotides apart. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fine tremor
A tremor in which the amplitude is small and the frequency is usually greater than 12 Hz. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fineness
A designator used to indicate the precious metal content of an alloy, 1000 fine being 24-carat or pure gold. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

finery
1. Fineness; beauty. 'Don't choose your place of study by the finery of the prospects.' (I. Watts) ... 2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels. 'Her mistress' cast-off finery.' (F. W. Robertson) ... 3. [Cf. Refinery. ... A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into ir …

finger
1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; especially, one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb. ... 2. <mechanics> Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an …

finger agnosia
The inability to name or recognise individual fingers, of one's own or of other persons; most often caused by lesion of or near the angular gyrus of the dominant hemisphere. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

finger injuries
General or unspecified injuries involving the fingers. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

finger percussion
Percussion in which a finger of one hand is used as a plessimeter and one of the other hand as a plessor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

finger phenomenon
A sign of organic hemiplegia; with the patient's elbow resting on a table, the patient's wrist is grasped by the examiner's hand, the thumb of which is used to exert pressure on the radial side of the patient's pisiform bone; if the hemiplegia is organic, some or all of the patient's fingers become extended and spread out in a fanlike form. ... Syno …

finger protein
<protein> A protein which has areas with regularly spaced cysteine amino acids that appear to be involved in binding zinc atoms. A protein which has zinc fingers. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

finger-nose test
A test of voluntary eye-motor coordination of the upper limb(s); the subject is asked to slowly touch the tip of his nose with his extended index finger; assesses cerebellar function. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

finger-thumb reflex
Synonym for basal joint reflex ... Opposition and adduction of the thumb with flexion at its metacarpophalangeal joint and extension at its interphalangeal joint, when firm passive flexion of the third, fourth, or fifth finger is made; the reflex is present normally but is absent in pyramidal lesions. ... Synonym: finger-thumb reflex, Mayer's reflex. …

finger-to-finger test
A test for coordination and position sense of the upper limbs; the subject is asked to approximate the ends of his index fingers; assesses cerebellar function. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fingerling
Young fish, usually in its first or second year and generally between 2 and 25 centimetres long. (Compare fry and parr.) ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fingernail
See: nail. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fingerprint
1. An impression of the inked bulb of the distal phalanx of a finger, showing the configuration of the surface ridges, used as a means of identification. ... See: dermatoglyphics, Galton's system of classification of fingerprints. ... 2. Term, sometimes used informally, referring to any analytical method capable of making fine distinctions between si …

fingerprint dystrophy
A condition wherein fine parallel lines in a fingerprint configuration area are seen in the basal epithelial layer and basement membrane of the corneal epithelium. ... See: map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fingerprinting
The basic principle of the technique is to digest a large molecule with a sequence specific hydrolase to produce moderate size fragments that can then be run on an electrophoresis gel. Provided the hydrolase only cleaves at specific sites (e.g. Between particular amino acids or bases) then the fragments should be characteristic of that molecule. Th …

fingersucking
Sucking of the finger. This is one of the most common manipulations of the body found in young children. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

finical
Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious. 'Finical taste.' 'The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical in giving nothing else.' (Hazlitt) ... Synonym: Finical, Spruce, Foppish. ... These words are applied to persons who are studiously desirous to cultivate finery of appearance. One who is spruce is elaborately nice in d …

fining
1. The act of imposing a fin. ... 2. <chemistry> The process of fining or refining; clarification; also, the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire. ... 3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc, for clarifying beer. Fining pot, a vessel in which metals are re …

finish
1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate. 'And heroically hath finished A life heroic.' (Milton) ... 2. To bestow the last required labour upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labour upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish. ... Synonym: To end, terminate, close, conclude, complet …

finishing bur
A bur with numerous fine cutting blades placed close together; used to contour metallic restorations. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

finite larmor radius
(FLR) In many plasma theories the size of the Larmor radius (or gyroradius) is assumed to be negligibly small, or infinitesimal. Different effects occur when the size of the Larmor radius is finite and needs to be considered. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Fink-Heimer stain
<technique> A method used for histologic demonstration of degenerating nerve fibres and terminals of the central nervous system (black on a yellow background). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fink, R
<person> 20th century U.S. Anatomist. ... See: Fink-Heimer stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Finkeldey, Wilhelm
<person> 20th century German pathologist. ... See: Warthin-Finkeldey cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Finney pyloroplasty
Extension of a long full-thickness incision into the duodenum and proximally into the gastric antrum, with a C-shaped closure to provide a wider opening between stomach and duodenum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Finney, John
<person> U.S. Surgeon, 1863-1942. ... See: Finney's operation, Finney pyloroplasty. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Finney's operation
Gastroduodenostomy which creates, by the technique of closure, a large opening to insure free emptying from the stomach. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fir
<botany> A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus. ... Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypr …

fire
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. ... The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called flame. Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed. ... 2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as …

fire ant stings
A scourge, these red or yellow ants of small-to-medium size, originally from South America, have a severe sting that burns like fire. Their sting like that of bees, yellow jackets, hornets and wasps -- can trigger allergic reactions varying greatly in severity. Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential. In selected cases, allergy injection thera …

fire ants
Originally from S. America. Among the worst insect pests ever to invade the U.S. Red or yellowish ants of small-to-medium size with a severe sting that burns like fire. They normally feed on small insects but, with denser populations, they eat seeds and seedling plants, damage grain and vegetable crops, invade kitchens, attack newly hatched poultry …

fire extinguishing systems
Automatic or hand operated equipment used to control and extinguish fires. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

firearms
Small-arms weapons, including handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

firedamp
Methane or other light hydrocarbons forming an explosive mixture when mixed with 7 or 8 volumes of air. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

firesetting behaviour
A compulsion to set fires. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

firework
1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or coloured fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of th …

firm
1. Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood. ... 2. Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent …

firm power
(firm energy) Power which is guaranteed by the supplier to be available at all times during a period covered by a commitment. That portion of a customer's energy load for which service is assured by the utility provider. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

firmament
1. Fixed foundation; established basis. 'Custom is the . . . Firmament of the law.' (Jer. Taylor) ... 2. The region of the air; the sky or heavens. 'And God said, Let there be a firmament in the mist of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' (Gen. I. 6) 'And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament.' (Gen. I. 14) ... In Scri …

first
1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. ... 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others. ... 3. most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. at first blush. See Blush. At first hand, from t …

first aid
Treatment that is rendered initially for the care of an emergent condition. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

first arch syndrome
<syndrome> Generic term including syndrome's of malformations involving derivatives of the first branchial arch, with or without associated malformations; includes mandibulofacial dysostosis, micrognathia with peromelia, otomandibular dystosis, acrofacial dysostosis, and others. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first cranial nerve
Synonym for olfactory nerves ... Collective term denoting the numerous olfactory filaments: slender fascicles each composed of the thin, unmyelinated axons of 8 to 12 of the bipolar olfactory receptor cells in the olfactory portion of the nasal mucosa; the olfactory filaments pass through the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone and enter the olfact …

first cuneiform bone
Synonym for medial cuneiform bone ... The largest of the three cuneiform bones, the medial bone of the distal row of the tarsus, articulating with the intermediate cuneiform, navicular, and first and second metatarsal bones. ... Synonym: os cuneiforme mediale, first cuneiform bone, wedge bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first degree A-V block
See: atrioventricular block. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first degree burn
A burn involving only the epidermis and causing erythema and oedema without vesiculation. ... Synonym: superficial burn. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first dentition
Synonym for deciduous tooth ... A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. ... Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first duodenal sphincter
The sphincter supposedly located at the level of the aboral extremity of the duodenal bulb. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first finger
Synonym for thumb ... The first digit on the radial side of the hand. ... Synonym: digitus primus, pollex, first finger. ... Origin: A.S. Thuma ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first heart sound
Occurs with ventricular systole and is mainly produced by closure of the atrioventricular valves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first law of thermodynamics
This law, derived from the principle of conservation of energy, is expressed as &#144E = Q - W, where &#144E is the internal change in energy, Q is the heat the environment transfers into the system, and W is the work the system does. In other words, it means that: ... The internal energy in a system isolated from other systems remains const …

first meiotic division
The first of two consecutive divisions of the nucleus of an eukaryotic cell during the process of meiosis. It includes the following stages of meiosis: prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, and telophase I. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

first molar
First permanent molar, sixth permanent tooth or fourth deciduous tooth in the maxilla and mandible on either side of the midsagittal plane of the head following the arch form. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first parallel pelvic plane
Synonym for superior pelvic aperture ... The upper opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic symphysis and the pubic crest on either side, laterally by the iliopectineal lines, and posteriorly by the promontory of the sacrum. ... Synonym: apertura pelvis superior, aditus pelvis, first parallel pelvic plane, pelvic brim, pelvic inlet …

first rank symptoms
Synonym for Schneider's first rank symptoms ... Those symptom's that, when present, indicate that the diagnosis of schizophrenia is likely, provided that organic or toxic aetiology is ruled out: delusion of control, thought broadcasting, thought withdrawal, thought insertion, hearing one's thoughts spoken aloud, auditory hallucinations that comment …

first stage of labour
The part of labour when the cervix dilates fully (to 10 centimeters). The first stage of labour is also called the stage of dilatation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

first temporal convolution
Synonym for superior temporal gyrus ... A longitudinal gyrus on the lateral surface of the temporal lobe between the lateral (sylvian) fissure and the superior temporal sulcus. ... Synonym: gyrus temporalis superior, first temporal convolution, superior temporal convolution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first visceral cleft
Synonym for hyomandibular cleft ... <anatomy> The cleft between the hyoid and mandibular arches of the embryo; the external auditory meatus is developed from its dorsal portion. ... Synonym: first visceral cleft. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

first-class
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First-class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers who pay the highest regular rate; distinguished from a second-class car. ... Source: Websters Diction …

first-order kinetics
A term describing the reaction rate of a chemical reaction in which the rate is proportional to the concentration (in moles) of only one of the reactants. Such a reaction might have an equation like rate = k[A], where k is the reaction rate constant and [A] is the concentration of a reactant A. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

first-order reaction
A reaction the rate of which is proportional to the concentration of the single substance undergoing change; radioactive decay is a first-order process, defined by the equation -(dN/dt)=kN, where N is the number of atoms subject to decay (reaction), t is time, and k is the first-order decay (reaction) constant, i.e., the fraction of all atoms decay …

first-set rejection
Allograft transplantation between two organisms not previously sensitised to the graft tissue. Necrosis of the graft usually occurs within 10 days of transplantation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

firstpass
Connected with the first barrier the medicine has to pass, where it is filtered. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Fischer projection formula
<biochemistry> Of sugars, representations, by projection, of cyclic sugars, or derivatives thereof, in which the carbon chain is depicted vertically. ... The lowest-numbered asymmetric carbon atom (C-1 in aldoses; C-2 in 2-ketoses, e.g., fructose) is drawn at the top, and the rest of the carbon atoms of the chain are drawn in sequence below th …

Fischer, Emil
<person> German chemist and Nobel laureate, 1852-1919. ... See: Fischer projection formulas of sugars, Kiliani-Fischer synthesis, Kiliani-Fischer reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fischer, Louis
<person> U.S. Paediatrician, 1864-1944. ... See: Fischer's sign, Fischer's symptom. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fischer's sign
<clinical sign> An obsolete sign: in tuberculosis of the mediastinal or peri-bronchial glands, after bending the patient's head as far back as possible, auscultation over the manubrium sterni will sometimes reveal a continuous loud murmur caused by the pressure of the enlarged glands on the large mediastinal vessels. ... Synonym: Fischer's sym …

Fischer's symptom
Synonym for Fischer's sign ... <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: in tuberculosis of the mediastinal or peri-bronchial glands, after bending the patient's head as far back as possible, auscultation over the manubrium sterni will sometimes reveal a continuous loud murmur caused by the pressure of the enlarged glands on the large mediastinal vess …

fish
A physical mappingapproach that uses fluorescent tags to detect hybridisation of probes with metaphasechromosomes and with the less-condensed somatic interphase chromatin. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

FISH Analysis
Synonym for in situ hybridisation ... <molecular biology, technique> Use of a DNA or RNA probe todetect the presence of the complementaryDNA sequence in cloned bacterial or cultured eukaryotic cells.Also used for locating geneson chromosomes. The process is: ... Prepare microscope slide with cells in metaphase of mitosis, Treat slide with a wea …

fish berry
The seeds of Anamirta paniculata which contain the amaroid, picrotoxin; a CNS and respiratory stimulant, used in veterinary medicine as an antidote to barbiturates. Name derived from the use of bruised berries thrown into streams to poison or incapacitate fish. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fish bowl granuloma
Localised nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium marinum. Fish bowl granuloma is typically acquired by occupational or recreational exposure to salt or fresh water, often resulting from minor trauma during caring for aquariums. The diagnosis is suggested by the history of exposure a …

fish diseases
Diseases of freshwater, marine, hatchery or aquarium fish. This term includes diseases of both teleosts (true fish) and elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fish elevation
The elevation of a fish above the stream bed measured at the tip of the fish's snout. ... See: focal point. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fish eye disease
<disease> An inherited disorder resulting in low HDL cholesterol and corneal opacities; also, low LCAT activity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...