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

foramen zygomaticofaciale
Synonym for zygomaticofacial foramen ... The opening on the lateral surface of the zygomatic bone below the orbital margin that transmits the zygomaticofacial nerve. ... Synonym: foramen zygomaticofaciale, malar foramen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramen zygomaticotemporale
Synonym for zygomaticotemporal foramen ... The opening, on the temporal surface of the zygomatic bone, of the canal that gives passage to the zygomaticotemporal nerve. ... Synonym: foramen zygomaticotemporale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramina
<anatomy> The pleural of foramen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramina alveolaria
Synonym for alveolar foramina ... Openings of the posterior dental canals on the infratemporal surface of the maxilla. ... Synonym: foramina alveolaria. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramina nervosa
The perforations along the tympanic lip of the spiral lamina giving passage to the cochlear nerves. ... Synonym: habenulae perforata, zona perforata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramina of the venae minimae
<anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. ... Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramina palatina minora
Synonym for lesser palatine foramina ... Openings on the hard palate of palatine canals passing vertically through the tuberosity of the palatine bone and transmitting the smaller palatine nerves and vessels. ... Synonym: foramina palatina minora, posterior palatine foramina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramina papillaria renis
Synonym for papillary foramina of kidney ... Numerous minute openings, the apertures of the papillary ducts converging on the apical pole of each renal papilla. ... Synonym: foramina papillaria renis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foramina venarum minimarum cordis
Synonym for foramina of the venae minimae ... <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. ... Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foraminal herniation
<radiology> Displacement of cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foraminal lymph node
<anatomy> One of the hepatic nodes located adjacent to the epiploic foramen. ... Synonym: nodus foraminalis, foraminal node. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foraminal node
Synonym for foraminal lymph node ... <anatomy> One of the hepatic nodes located adjacent to the epiploic foramen. ... Synonym: nodus foraminalis, foraminal node. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foraminiferan
<protozoa> A type of protozoan which has a calcareous shell (shell made of calcium carbonate), often large enough to be seen by the naked eye. There are both bottom-dwelling and planktonic species. Foraminifera are important index fossils. ... (04 Apr 1998) ...

foraminiferous
1. Possessing openings or foramina. ... 2. Relating to the Foraminifera. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foraminotomy
<procedure> An operation upon an aperture, usually to open it, e.g., surgical enlargement of the intervertebral foramen. ... Origin: L. Foramen, aperture, + G. Tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foraminulum
<anatomy> A very minute foramen. ... Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of foramen ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forb
<botany> A non-woody plant other than a grass, sedge, rush, in contrast to bryophytes, ferns, fern allies and graminoids. ... Compare: herb. ... (04 Apr 1998) ...

Forbes-Albright syndrome
<endocrinology, syndrome> Pituitary tumour in a patient without acromegaly, which secretes excessive amounts of prolactin (LTH) and produces persistent lactation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Forbes, A
<person> 20th century U.S. Physician. ... See: Forbes-Albright syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Forbes, Gilbert
<person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1915. ... See: Forbes' disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Forbes' disease
Synonym for type 3 glycogenosis ... Glycogenosis due to amylo-1,6-glucosidase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of abnormal glycogen with short outer chains in liver and muscle. ... Synonym: Cori's disease, debranching deficiency limit dextrinosis, limit dextrinosis, Forbes' disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forbidden
Prohibited; interdicted. 'I knew no spells, use no forbidden arts.' (Milton) Forbidden fruit. Any coveted unlawful pleasure, so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. ... <botany> A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits. ... (04 Apr 1 …

force
<physics> Rate of change of momentum with time. Forces are said to cause accelerations via f = ma (Newton's law). ... There are four primary forces known presently: the gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear forces. The gravitational and electromagnetic forces are long-range (dropping as 1/distance^2), while the nucle …

force of infection
<epidemiology> The per capita rate at which susceptibles are infected. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

force of mastication
The motive force created by the dynamic action of the muscles during the physiologic act of mastication. ... Synonym: biting strength, masticatory force. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

force platform
A device used to measure the strength, symmetry, and latency of compensatory postural movements when visual, vestibular, and somatosensory stimuli are varied. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

force pump
<machinery> A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. ... A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only …

force-velocity curve
The relationship between isotonic velocity of shortening and afterload for a contracting muscle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced alimentation
Synonym for forced feeding ... Giving liquid food through a nasal tube passed into the stomach, forcing a person to eat more food than desired. ... Synonym: forced alimentation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced beat
<cardiology, physiology> An extrasystole supposedly precipitated in some way by the preceding normal beat to which it is coupled, an extrasystole caused by artificial stimulation of the heart. ... Synonym: dependent beat. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced cycle
<cardiology, physiology> A cardiac cycle (atrial or ventricular) that is cut short by a forced beat. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced duction
A manoeuver to determine whether a mechanical obstruction is present in the eye; with forceps grasping an eye muscle, an attempt is made to passively move the eyeball in the direction of restricted rotation. ... Synonym: passive duction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced expiratory flow
Expiratory flow during measurement of forced vital capacity; subscripts specify the exact parameter measured, e.g., peak instantaneous flow, the instantaneous flow at some specified point on the curve of volume expired versus time, or on the flow-volume curve, the mean flow between two expired volumes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced expiratory flow rates
Measurements of rates of airflow during a forced vital capacity determination. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forced expiratory time
The time taken to expire a given volume or a given fraction of vital capacity during measurement of forced vital capacity; subscripts specify the exact parameters measured. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced expiratory volume
Measure of the maximum amount of air during a forced vital capacity determination that can be expelled in a given number of seconds. It is usually given as fev followed by a subscript indicating the number of seconds over which the measurement is made, although it is sometimes given as a percentage of forced vital capacity. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forced feeding
Giving liquid food through a nasal tube passed into the stomach, forcing a person to eat more food than desired. ... Synonym: forced alimentation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced grasping reflex
Synonym for grasping reflex ... An involuntary flexion of the fingers to tactile or tendon stimulation on the palm of the hand, producing an uncontrollable grasp; usually associated with frontal lobe lesions. ... Compare: darwinian reflex. ... Synonym: forced grasping reflex, grasp reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced respiration
Voluntary hyperventilation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forced vital capacity
Vital capacity measured with the subject exhaling as rapidly as possible; data relating volume, expiratory flow, and time form the basis for other pulmonary function tests, e.g., flow-volume curve, forced expiratory volume, forced expiratory time, forced expiratory flow. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forceps
1. <instrument> A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc. A pliers-like medical instrument used to g …

forceps anterior
Synonym for minor forceps ... Frontal radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends forward toward the frontal pole of the cerebrum. ... Synonym: forceps minor, forceps anterior, frontal part of corpus callosum, pars frontalis corporis callosi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forceps delivery
Assisted birth of the child by an instrument designed to grasp the foetal head. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forceps major
Synonym for major forceps ... Occipital radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends sharply backward into the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. ... Synonym: forceps major, forceps posterior, occipital part of corpus callosum, pars occipitalis corporis callosi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forceps minor
Synonym for minor forceps ... Frontal radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends forward toward the frontal pole of the cerebrum. ... Synonym: forceps minor, forceps anterior, frontal part of corpus callosum, pars frontalis corporis callosi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forceps posterior
Synonym for major forceps ... Occipital radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends sharply backward into the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. ... Synonym: forceps major, forceps posterior, occipital part of corpus callosum, pars occipitalis corporis callosi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forceps, obstetrical
An instrument designed as an aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Forchheimer, Frederick
<person> U.S. Physician, 1853-1913. ... See: Forchheimer's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Forchheimer's sign
<clinical sign> The presence, in German measles, of a reddish maculopapular eruption on the soft palate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forcing
1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition. ... 2. <botany> The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat. Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the ferment …

forcipate
Shaped like a forceps. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forcipressure
A method of arresting haemorrhage by compressing a blood vessel with forceps. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fordyce, John
<person> U.S. Dermatologist, 1858-1925. ... See: Fordyce's angiokeratoma, Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, Fordyce's spots, Fox-Fordyce disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fordyce's angiokeratoma
Asymptomatic vascular papules of the scrotum, appearing in young adults; much less common in the vulva. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fordyce's disease
Synonym for Fordyce's spots ... A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. ... Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fordyce's granules
Synonym for Fordyce's spots ... A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. ... Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fordyce's spots
A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. ... Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fore
1. Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. 'The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed …

forearm fractures
<radiology> Monteggia proximal ulnar fracture dislocated radial head, Galeazzi radial fracture dislocated distal ulna, mnemonic: MUGR (Monteggia ulna, Galeazzi radius), Monteggia More common ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forearm injuries
Injuries to the part of the upper limb of the body between the wrist and elbow. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forebrain eminence
Synonym for frontonasal prominence ... The unpaired embryonic prominence between the medial nasal elevations, which eventually merges with them to contribute to the bridge of the nose and the underlying nasal septum. ... Synonym: forebrain eminence, forebrain prominence, frontonasal primordium, frontonasal process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forebrain prominence
Synonym for frontonasal prominence ... The unpaired embryonic prominence between the medial nasal elevations, which eventually merges with them to contribute to the bridge of the nose and the underlying nasal septum. ... Synonym: forebrain eminence, forebrain prominence, frontonasal primordium, frontonasal process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forecast
1. Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination. ... 'He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves.' (Addison) ... 2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation. ... 'His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council than the camp.' (Presco …

forecasting
The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

foreconscious
Denoting memories, not at present in the consciousness, which can be evoked from time to time, or an unconscious mental process which becomes conscious only on the fulfillment of certain conditions. ... Compare: preconscious. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forefinger
Synonym for index finger ... The second finger (the thumb being counted as the first). ... Synonym: digitus secundus, forefinger, index, second finger. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forefoot
A front foot of a quadruped. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forefoot, human
The forepart of the foot including the metatarsals and the toes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

foregut
<anatomy, gastroenterology> The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, or to the entrance of the bile duct. ... (06 Mar 1998) ...

foregut cysts
<radiology> Bronchogenic and enteric cysts: more common on the right, neurenteric cysts: associated with vertebral anomalies, enteric cysts: may contain acid-secreting gastric mucosa;, confirm with TcO4 scan ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forehead
The part of the face above the eyes. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

foreign
1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. 'Foreign worlds.' ... 2. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. 'Domestic and foreign writers.' 'Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these roug …

foreign body
Anything in the tissues or cavities of the body that has been introduced there from without, and that is not rapidly absorbable. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign body aspiration
<radiology> 80% most likely to be obstructive emphysema (air trapping), 20% most likely to be obstructive atelectasis, <1% most likely to be normal aeration, normal bronchi dilate during inspiration, the aspirated particle acts as a one-way valve, decubitus or inspiratory/expiratory views ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

foreign body giant cell
<pathology> Syncytium formed by the fusion of macrophages in response to an indigestible particle too large to be phagocytosed for example talc, silica or asbestos fibres). ... There may be as many as 100 nuclei randomly distributed: similar cells but with the nuclei more peripherally located (Langhans cells) are found at the centre of tubercu …

foreign body granuloma
A granuloma caused by the presence of foreign particulate material in tissue, characterised by a histiocytic reaction with foreign body giant cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign body salpingitis
Salpingitis in which giant cells form in the tissue, as a result of introduction of foreign material into the fallopian tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign body tumourigenesis
Induction of malignant tumours in tissues by nonviable, nonabsorable solid material not known to contain a chemical carcinogen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign medical graduates
Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they practice. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

foreign professional personnel
Persons who have acquired academic or specialised training in countries other than that in which they are working. The concept excludes physicians for which foreign medical graduates is the likely heading. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

foreign protein
A protein that differs from any protein normally found in the organism in question. ... Synonym: heterologous protein. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign protein therapy
Synonym for protein shock therapy ... The injection of a foreign protein to induce fever as a means of treating certain diseases. ... Synonym: foreign protein therapy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign serum
A serum derived from an animal and injected into an animal of another species or into humans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign-body appendicitis
Appendicitis caused by obstruction of the lumen of the appendix by a foreign substance, such as a particulate foreign body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreign-body migration
Migration of a foreign body from its original location to some other location in the body. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

foreign-body reaction
Chronic inflammation and granuloma formation around irritating foreign bodies. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forekidney
Synonym for pronephros ... 1. The definitive excretory organ of primitive fishes. ... Synonym: head kidney. ... 2. In the embryos of higher vertebrates, a vestigial structure consisting of a series of tortuous tubules emptying into the cloaca by way of the primary nephric duct; in the human embryo, the pronephros is a very rudimentary and temporary st …

Forel, Auguste
<person> Swiss neurologist, 1848-1931. ... See: Forel's decussation, fields of Forel, tegmental fields of Forel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreland
1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England. ... 2. A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. ... 3. <marine biology> That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. ... (06 Mar 1998) ...

forelimb
A front limb of a quadruped. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forelock
1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. ... 2. <mechanics> A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. ... Forelock hook, a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three …

forensic
<law> Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law. ... Origin: L. Forensis, fr. Forum a public place, market place. ... (04 Apr 1 …

forensic anthropology
Scientific study of human skeletal remains with the express purpose of identification. This includes establishing individual identity, trauma analysis, facial reconstruction, photographic superimposition, determination of time interval since death, and crime-scene recovery. Forensic anthropologists do not certify cause of death but provide data to …

forensic dentistry
The application of dental knowledge to questions of law. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forensic medicine
The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forensic odontology
Synonym for forensic dentistry ... The application of dental knowledge to questions of law. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forensic psychiatry
Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

forensic psychology
The application of psychology to legal matters in a court of law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foreplay
Stimulative sexual activity preceding sexual intercourse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

forepleasure
Sexual pleasure resulting from the foreplay that precedes the genital-orgastic pleasure in sexual intercourse. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...