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

fossa supraclavicularis minor
Synonym for lesser supraclavicular fossa ... A triangular space between the two heads of origin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. ... Synonym: fossa supraclavicularis minor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa supraspinata
Synonym for supraspinous fossa ... The hollow on the dorsal aspect of the scapula above the spine, lodging the supraspinatus muscle. ... Synonym: fossa supraspinata. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa supratonsillaris
Synonym for supratonsillar fossa ... The interval between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches above the tonsil, most obvious after the tonsil has regressed in the adult. ... Synonym: fossa supratonsillaris, supratonsillar recess, Tourtual's sinus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa supravesicalis
Synonym for supravesical fossa ... The depression on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall above the bladder and between the median and medial umbilical folds. Its level, relative to the pubis, changes with filling of the bladder. ... Synonym: fossa supravesicalis, fovea supravesicalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa temporalis
Synonym for temporal fossa ... The space on the side of the cranium bounded by the temporal lines and terminating below at the level of the zygomatic arch. ... Synonym: fossa temporalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa terminalis urethrae
Synonym for navicular fossa of urethra ... The terminal dilated portion of the urethra in the glans penis. ... Synonym: fossa navicularis urethrae, fossa terminalis urethrae, Morgagni's fossa, Morgagni's fovea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa tonsillaris
Synonym for tonsillar fossa ... The depression between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches occupied by the palatine tonsil. ... Synonym: fossa tonsillaris, amygdaloid fossa, sinus tonsillaris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa triangularis
Synonym for triangular fossa ... The depression at the upper part of the auricle between the two crura of the anthelix. ... Synonym: fossa triangularis, fossa navicularis auriculae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa trochanterica
Synonym for trochanteric fossa ... A depression at the root of the neck of the femur beneath the curved tip of the great trochanter; it gives attachment to the tendon of the obturator externus. ... Synonym: fossa trochanterica, digital fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa trochlearis
Synonym for trochlear fovea ... A shallow depression in the roof of the orbit close to the medial margin to which is attached the pulley for the superior oblique tendon. ... Synonym: fovea trochlearis, fossa trochlearis, trochlear fossa, trochlear pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa venae cavae
Synonym for groove for inferior venae cava ... A groove on the posterior surface of the liver between the caudate lobe and the right lobe which gives passage to the inferior vena cava. ... Synonym: sulcus venae cavae, fossa venae cavae, sulcus for vena cava. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa venae umbilicalis
Synonym for fissure of round ligament of liver ... A cleft on the inferior surface of the liver, running from the inferior border to the left extremity of the porta hepatis; it lodges the round ligament of the liver. ... Synonym: fissura ligamenti teretis, fissure for ligamentum teres, fossa venae umbilicalis, umbilical fissure, umbilical fossa. ... ( …

fossa venosa
Synonym for paraduodenal recess ... An occasional recess in the peritoneum to the left of the terminal portion of the duodenum located behind a fold containing the inferior mesenteric vein. ... Synonym: recessus paraduodenalis, fossa venosa, paraduodenal fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa vesicae biliaris
Synonym for fossa for gallbladder ... A depression on the visceral surface of the liver anteriorly, between the quadrate and the right lobes, lodging the gallbladder. ... Synonym: fossa vesicae biliaris, gallbladder fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossa vestibuli vaginae
Synonym for fossa of vestibule of vagina ... The portion of the vestibule of the vagina between the frenulum of the labia minora and the posterior labial commissure of the vulva. ... Synonym: fossa vestibuli vaginae, fossa navicularis vestibulae vaginae, vestibular fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossae
The pleural of fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossil
1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. ... 2. <paleontology> Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. Whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth …

fossil fuel
Solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels formed in the ground after millions of years by chemical and physical changes in plant and animal residues under high temperature and pressure. Oil, natural gas, and coal are fossil fuels. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

fossil fuels
Any hydrocarbon deposit that may be used for fuel. Examples are petroleum, coal, and natural gas. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fossilize
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood. ... 2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. 'Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth.' (Mrs. Browning) ... Origin: Cf. F. Fossiliser. ... 1. To become fossil. ... 2. To become antiquate …

fossils
Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fossores
<entomology> A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. ... Alternative forms: Fossoria. ... Origin: NL, fr. L. Fossor digger, fr. Fodere to dig. ... (30 Mar 1998) ...

fossorious
<entomology, zoology> Adapted for digging; said of the legs of certain insects. ... (30 Mar 1998) ...

fossula
1. A small fossa. ... 2. A minor fissure or slight depression on the surface of the cerebrum. ... Synonym: fossette. ... Origin: L. Dim. Of fossa, ditch ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossula fenestrae cochleae
A depression on the medial wall of the middle ear which has the fenestra cochleae (round window) in its lower portion. ... Synonym: fossula rotunda, little fossa of the cochlear window. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossula fenestrae vestibuli
A depression on the medial wall of the middle ear which has the fenestra vestibulae (oval window) in its lower portion. ... Synonym: Huguier's sinus, little fossa of the vestibular window, little fossa of the vestibular round window. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossula petrosa
Synonym for petrosal fossula ... A small and often only faintly marked depression on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone, between the jugular fossa and the opening of the carotid canal; here opens the canaliculus tympanicus transmitting the tympanic nerve. ... Synonym: fossula petrosa, petrosal fossa, receptaculum ganglii …

fossula rotunda
Synonym for fossula fenestrae cochleae ... A depression on the medial wall of the middle ear which has the fenestra cochleae (round window) in its lower portion. ... Synonym: fossula rotunda, little fossa of the cochlear window. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossulae tonsillares
Synonym for tonsillar fossulae ... The small pits at the openings of the tonsillar crypts onto the medial surface of the tonsil. ... Synonym: fossulae tonsillares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fossulate
Grooved; containing a fossula or small fossa; hollowed out. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foster
Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc, to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc, as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. Foster babe, or child, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its …

Foster frame
A reversible bed similar to a Stryker frame. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foster home care
Private families who care for neglected children or patients unable to care for themselves. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Foster Kennedy's syndrome
Synonym for Kennedy's syndrome ... <syndrome> Ipsilateral optic atrophy with central scotoma and contralateral choked disk or papilledema, caused by a meningioma of the ipsilateral optic nerve. ... Synonym: Foster Kennedy's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fothergill, John
<person> English physician, 1712-1780. ... See: Fothergill's disease, Fothergill's neuralgia, Fothergill's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fothergill, William
<person> English gynecologist, 1865-1926. ... See: Fothergill's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fothergill's disease
Synonym for trigeminal neuralgia ... <neurology> A disorder of trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) dysfunction. ... Synonym: tic douloureux. ... Characterised by excruciating paroxysms of pain in the lips, gums, cheek or chin, and, very rarely, in the distribution of the eye (ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Fothergill's neuralgia
Synonym for trigeminal neuralgia ... <neurology> A disorder of trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) dysfunction. ... Synonym: tic douloureux. ... Characterised by excruciating paroxysms of pain in the lips, gums, cheek or chin, and, very rarely, in the distribution of the eye (ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Fothergill's operation
Synonym for Manchester operation ... A vaginal operation for prolapse of the uterus, consisting of cervical amputation and parametrial fixation (cardinal ligaments) anterior to the uterus. ... Synonym: Fothergill's operation. ... Origin: Manchester, England ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fothergill's sign
<clinical sign> In rectus sheath haematoma, the haematoma produces a mass that does not cross the midline and remains palpable when the rectus muscle is tense. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fouchet, A
<person> French physician, *1894. ... See: Fouchet's reagent, Fouchet's stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fouchet's reagent
A 25% solution of trichloroacetic acid, containing 0.9% ferric chloride; a drop of the reagent added at the surface line of barium chloride-impregnated filter paper which has been dipped in urine for 10 sec will give a green colour if bilirubin is present. ... See: Fouchet's stain. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fouchet's stain
<technique> Fouchet's reagent employed to demonstrate bile pigments; paraffin sections are used for conjugated bile pigments, frozen sections for unconjugated ones. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foul
1. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water. 'My …

foulage
Kneading and pressure of the muscles, constituting a form of massage. ... Origin: Fr. Impression ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foundation
A base; a supporting structure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foundations
Organizations established by endowments with provision for future maintenance. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

founder cell
Cell that gives rise to tissue by clonal expansion. For most mammalian tissues there are considerably more than two founder cells, as can be determined by forming chimeras from genetically distinguishable embryos, but single founder cells have been found for the intestine and germ line in Caenorhabditis elegans. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

founder effect
The establishment of a new population by a few original founders (in an extreme case, by a single fertilized female) which carry only a small fraction of the total genetic variation of the parental population [Ernst Mayr, 1963]. The result is that a given allele, gene, chromosome, or part of a chromosome found in members of the population can be tr …

founder principle
The conditional probabilities of the frequencies of a set of genes at any future date depend on the initial composition of the founders of the population and have in general no tendency to revert to the composition of the population from which the founders were themselves derived. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

foundryman's fever
Synonym for brass founder's fever ... An occupational disease, characterised by malaria-like symptoms, due to inhalation of particles and fumes of metallic oxides. Fumes are formed by evaporation at very high temperature and condensation in air into fine particles. ... Synonym: brass founder's ague, foundryman's fever, metal fume fever, zinc fume fev …

fountain decussation
See: tegmental decussations. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fountain syringe
An apparatus consisting of a reservoir for holding fluid, to the bottom of which is attached a tube with a suitable nozzle; used for vaginal or rectal injections, irrigating wounds, etc., the force of the flow being regulated by the height of the reservoir above the point of discharge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

founttain
1. A spring of water issuing from the earth. ... 2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament. ... 3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be co …

four-o'clock
1. <botany> A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady. ... 2. <zoology> …

four-strand crossing over
Crossing over with both strands of DNA from each sister chromatid, so that both strands from one chromatid are exchanged for both strands on the other. This is different from the usual case where only one of the two DNA strands on one sister chromatid is exchanged for the one matching strand (of the two strands) on the other sister chromatid. ... (0 …

four-tailed bandage
A strip of cloth split in two except for a central portion placed under the chin, with four tails tied over the head; used to limit motion of the mandible. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fourchette
1. A table fork. ... 2. <anatomy, ornithology> A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva. The wishbone or furculum of birds. ... The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. ... 3. <surgery> An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum. ... 4. The forke …

fourier analysis
Analysis based on the mathematical function first formulated by jean-baptiste-joseph fourier in 1807. The function, known as the fourier transform, describes the sinusoidal pattern of any fluctuating pattern in the physical world in terms of its amplitude and its phase. It has broad applications in biomedicine, e.g., analysis of the X-ray crystallo …

Fourier transfer
A mathematical technique to express a time-varying function or signal into components at different frequencies, giving the phase and amplitude of each; used in computed tomography and magnetic resonance image reconstruction transformation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fourier transform
Synonym for fourier analysis ... Analysis based on the mathematical function first formulated by jean-baptiste-joseph fourier in 1807. The function, known as the fourier transform, describes the sinusoidal pattern of any fluctuating pattern in the physical world in terms of its amplitude and its phase. It has broad applications in biomedicine, e.g., …

Fourier, J
<person> French mathematician and administrator, 1768-1830. ... See: Fourier analysis, Fourier transform. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fournier, Jean
<person> French syphilographer, 1832-1914. ... See: Fournier's disease, Fournier's gangrene, syphiloma of Fournier. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Fournier's disease
<disease> Infective gangrene involving the scrotum. ... Synonym: Fournier's gangrene, syphiloma of Fournier. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fournier's gangrene
An acute gangrenous infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum involving gram-positive organisms, enteric bacilli, and anaerobes, which occurs following local trauma, operative procedures, an underlying urinary tract disease, or a distant acute inflammatory process. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fourth cranial nerve
Synonym for trochlear nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> The trochlear nerve controls an extraocular muscle. ... Lesions of this nerve will result in rotation of the eyeball upward and outward (and double vision). ... Synonym: cranial nerve IV. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

fourth 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) ...

fourth finger
Synonym for ring finger ... Fourth finger. ... Synonym: digitus annularis, fourth finger. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fourth lumbar nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The ventral branch of the nerve is forked to enter into the formation of both lumbar and sacral plexuses. ... Synonym: furcal nerve, nervus furcalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fourth parallel pelvic plane
Synonym for inferior pelvic aperture ... The lower opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic arch, laterally by the rami of the ischium and the sacrotuberous ligament on either side, and posteriorly by these ligaments and the tip of the coccyx. ... Synonym: apertura pelvis inferior, apertura pelvis minoris, fourth parallel pelvic pl …

fourth stage of labour
The hour or two after delivery when the tone of the uterus is established and the uterus contracts down again. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fourth turbinated bone
Synonym for supreme nasal concha ... A small concha frequently present on the posterosuperior part of the lateral nasal wall; it overlies the supreme nasal meatus. ... Synonym: concha nasalis suprema, fourth turbinated bone, highest concha, highest turbinated bone, Santorini's concha, concha santorini, supraturbinal, supreme concha, supreme turbinate …

fourth ventricle
A cavity of irregular tentlike shape extending from the obex rostralward to its communication with the sylvian aqueduct, enclosed between the cerebellum dorsally and the rhombencephalic tegmentum ventrally, having a rhomboid-shaped floor (rhomboid fossa) and a tentlike roof which in its caudal part is formed by the tela choroidea and the posterior …

fourth ventricle mass
<radiology> IN ADULTS: choroid plexus papilloma, haemangioblastoma, vermian metastasis, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), inflammatory mass/cyst IN KIDS: medulloblastoma, uniform enhancement, homogeneous, ependymoma, patchy enhancement, heterogeneous, calcified ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fovea
A relatively small cup-shaped depression or pit. ... Origin: L. A pit ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea anterior
Synonym for superior fovea ... A slight depression in the limiting sulcus on either side of the rhomboidal fossa, above the medullary striae and lateral to the facial colliculus. ... Synonym: fovea superior, anterior fovea, fovea anterior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea articularis capitis radii
Synonym for fovea of the radial head ... The depression on the top (superior surface) of the head of the radius for articulation with the capitulum of the humerus. ... Synonym: fovea articularis capitis radii, articular pit of head of radius. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea articularis inferior atlantis
Synonym for inferior articular facet of atlas ... One of two concave surfaces on the lateral masses of the atlas that articulate with corresponding surfaces on the axis. ... Synonym: facies articularis inferior atlantis, fovea articularis inferior atlantis, inferior articular pit of atlas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea articularis superior atlantis
Synonym for superior articular facet of atlas ... One of two concave articular surfaces on the superior aspect of the lateral masses of the atlas that articulate with the occipital condyles. ... Synonym: facies articularis superior atlantis, fovea articularis superior atlantis, superior articular pit of atlas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea capitis ossis femoris
Synonym for fovea of the femoral head ... A depression on the extremity of the head of the femur giving attachment to the ligamentum teres femoris. ... Synonym: fovea capitis ossis femoris, pit of head of femur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea cardiaca
Anterior intestinal portal; the opening of the foregut into the midgut. ... See: epigastric fossa. ... Synonym: anterior intestinal portal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea centralis retinae
Synonym for central retinal fovea ... A depression in the centre of the macula retinae containing only cones and lacking blood vessels. ... Synonym: fovea centralis retinae, central pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea coccygis
It marks the site where the embryonic spinal cord attaches to the skin. ... Synonym: postnatal pit of the newborn. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea costalis inferior
Synonym for inferior costal facet ... Demifacet on the lower edge of the body of a vertebra articulating with the head of a rib. ... Synonym: fovea costalis inferior, inferior costal pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea costalis processus transversi
Synonym for transverse costal facet ... A facet on the transverse process of a vertebra for articulation with the tubercle of a rib. ... Synonym: fovea costalis processus transversi, costal pit of transverse process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea costalis superior
Synonym for superior costal facet ... A demifacet on the upper edge of the body of a vertebra articulating with the head of a rib; a single rib articulates with the inferior costal facet and superior costal facet of the adjacent vertebrae. ... Synonym: fovea costalis superior, superior costal pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea dentis atlantis
Synonym for facet of atlas for dens ... A circular facet on the posterior (inner) surface of the anterior arch of the atlas which articulates with the dens of the axis. ... Synonym: fovea dentis atlantis, pit of atlas for dens. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea elliptica
Synonym for elliptical recess ... An oval depression in the roof and inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, lodging the utriculus. ... Synonym: recessus ellipticus, fovea elliptica, fovea hemielliptica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea ethmoidalis
The roof of the ethmoid air cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea femoralis
Synonym for 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) ...

fovea hemielliptica
Synonym for elliptical recess ... An oval depression in the roof and inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, lodging the utriculus. ... Synonym: recessus ellipticus, fovea elliptica, fovea hemielliptica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea hemispherica
Synonym for spherical recess ... A rounded depression on the inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, lodging the sacculus. ... Synonym: recessus sphericus, fovea hemispherica, fovea spherica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea inferior
Synonym for inferior fovea ... A small depression in the limiting sulcus of the rhomboidal fossa below the medullary striae of either side, generally lateral to the hypoglossal and vagal trigones. ... Synonym: fovea inferior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea inguinalis interna
Synonym for medial inguinal fossa ... A depression on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall between the ridges formed by the inferior epigastric artery and the medial umbilical ligament; it corresponds to the position of the superficial inguinal ring and is the site of a direct inguinal hernia. ... Synonym: fossa inguinalis medialis, …

fovea of the femoral head
A depression on the extremity of the head of the femur giving attachment to the ligamentum teres femoris. ... Synonym: fovea capitis ossis femoris, pit of head of femur. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea of the radial head
The depression on the top (superior surface) of the head of the radius for articulation with the capitulum of the humerus. ... Synonym: fovea articularis capitis radii, articular pit of head of radius. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea pterygoidea
Synonym for pterygoid fovea ... A depression on the antero-medial side of the neck of the condylar process of the mandible, giving attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle. ... Synonym: fovea pterygoidea, pterygoid depression, pterygoid pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea spherica
Synonym for spherical recess ... A rounded depression on the inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, lodging the sacculus. ... Synonym: recessus sphericus, fovea hemispherica, fovea spherica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea sublingualis
Synonym for sublingual fossa ... A shallow depression on either side of the mental spine, on the inner surface of the body of the mandible, superior to the mylohyoid line, lodging the sublingual gland. ... Synonym: fovea sublingualis, sublingual pit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fovea submandibularis
Synonym for submandibular fossa ... The depression on the medial surface of the body of the mandible inferior to the mylohyoid line in which the submandibular gland is lodged. ... Synonym: fovea submandibularis, fossa submandibularis, fovea submaxillaris, submaxillary fossa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...