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

fungal
<microbiology> An infection that is secondary to fungi. Common examples include: tinea versicolour and ringworm. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

fungal arthritis
<pathology, rheumatology> Infection of a joint space by fungus. Common fungi that can cause mycotic arthritis include coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis and candidiasis. ... Infection of a joint generally occurs as a result of a primary fungal infection in the lungs. Treatment is with antifungal a …

fungal infection
1. (groin) Tinea cruris is a fungal infection of the perineum, better known as jock itch. This condition is often treated with clotrimazole or miconazole cream. Good general hygiene is vital in the prevention of tinea cruris. Keep the groin area clean and dry and avoid chafing. Launder athletic supporters frequently. Use an antifungal or drying pow …

fungal nail infection
The most common fungus infection of the nail is onychomycosis. Onychomycosis makes the nails look white and opaque, thickened, and brittle. Older women (perhaps because oestrogen deficiency may increase the risk of infection) and men and women with diabetes or disease of the small blood vessels (peripheral vacscular disease) are at increased risk. …

fungal proteins
Proteins found in any species of fungus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fungal vaccines
Suspensions of attenuated or killed fungi administered for the prevention or treatment of infectious fungal disease. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fungal vaginitis
<pathology> A local infection of the vaginal mucosa caused by Candida. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

fungating sore
A granulating chancroid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fungi
<microbiology> Kingdom Fungi includes organisms such as slime moulds, mushrooms, smuts, rusts, mildews, moulds, stinkhorns, puffballs, truffles and yeasts. ... All are classified in this kingdom because they absorb food in solution directly through their cell walls and reproduce through spores. None conduct photosynthesis. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

Fungi Imperfecti
A phylum of fungi in which sexual reproduction is not known or in which one of the mating types has not yet been discovered. Formerly, most fungi causing disease in humans were considered asexual and were placed in this class, but studies have revealed that they are not imperfect and that in their sexual forms they can be classified as ascomycetes …

fungibles
1. Things which may be furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things; called also fungible things. ... 2. Movable goods which may be valued by weight or measure, in contradistinction from those which must be judged of individually. ... Origin: LL. (res) fungibiles, probably fr. L. Fungi to discharge. 'A barbarous term, supposed …

fungicidal
Having a killing action on fungi. ... Origin: fungus + L. Caedo, to kill ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fungicide
<pharmacology> An agent that destroys fungi. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

fungicides, industrial
Chemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of fungi in agricultural applications, on wood, plastics, or other materials, in swimming pools, etc. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fungicidin
Synonym for nystatin ... <drug> A polyene antibiotic active against fungi. The name is derived from new York State Health Department where it was discovered as a product of Streptomyces noursei. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

fungistat
An agent having fungistatic action. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fungistatic
<pharmacology> Inhibiting the growth of fungi. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

fungitoxic
Poisonous or in any way deleterious to the growth of fungi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fungitoxicity
The property of being fungitoxic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fungivorous
<entomology, zoology> Eating fungi; said of certain insects and snails. ... Origin: L. Fungus + vorare to eat freedily: cf. F. Fangivore. ... (30 Mar 1998) ...

fungosity
A fungoid growth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fungous foot
Synonym for mycetoma ... 1. A chronic infection involving the feet and characterised by the formation of localised lesions with tumefactions and multiple draining sinuses. The exudate contains granules that may be yellow, white, red, brown, or black, depending upon the causative agent. Mycetoma is caused by two principal groups of microorganisms: …

fungus
<microbiology> A general term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists, including mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, moulds, smuts, etc., which are characterised by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall composed of chitin, mannans and sometimes cellulose. ... They are usually of simple morphological form or show some …

fungus ball
A compact mass of fungal mycelium and cellular debris, 1 to 5 cm in diameter, residing within a lung cavity; such cavities may be produced by bacterial as well as mycotic infectious agents, but they are usually produced by Aspergillus fumigatus or, more rarely, by A. Niger. ... See: aspergilloma. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fungus, foot
Athlete's foot causes foot itching, burning, pain, and scaling. It is caused by a fungus and is treated with antifungal medications, many of which are available over-the-counter. Keeping the feet dry by using cotton socks and breathable shoes helps prevent athletes foot. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

funicle
<botany> The stalk of an ovule. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

funicular
1. Consisting of a small cord or fibre. ... 2. Dependent on the tension of a cord. ... 3. <anatomy> Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. Funicular action, the polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at different points. ... Origin: …

funicular graft
A nerve graft in which each funiculus (composed of two or more fasciculi) is approximated and sutured separately. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funicular hydrocele
Fluid in a portion of the tunica vaginalis shut off from both testis and abdominal cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funicular myelitis
Inflammation involving any of the columns of the spinal cord. ... Synonym: subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funicular myelosis
Degeneration of spinal cord white matter. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funicular process
The tunica vaginalis surrounding the spermatic cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funicular souffle
Synonym for foetal souffle ... <obstetrics, paediatrics> A blowing murmur, synchronous with the foetal heart beat, sometimes only systolic and sometimes continuous, heard on auscultation over the pregnant uterus. ... Synonym: funic souffle, funicular souffle, umbilical souffle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculi
The pleural of funiculus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculi medullae spinalis
Any of the columns of the spinal cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculitis
1. Inflammation of a funiculus, especially of the spermatic cord. ... 3. Inflammation of the umbilical cord usually associated with chorioamnionitis. ... Origin: funiculus + G. -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculopexy
Suturing of the spermatic cord to the surrounding tissue in the correction of an undescended testicle. ... Origin: funiculus + G. Pexis, a fixing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculus
Origin: L, a little cord. See Funicle. ... 1. (Anat) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibres; especially, one of the small bundles of fibres, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord. ... 2. <zoology> A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion. In Bry …

funiculus amnii
Amniotic cord found in several domestic animals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculus anterior
Synonym for anterior funiculus ... Anterior white column of spinal cord, a column or bundle of white matter on either side of the anterior median fissure, between that and the anterolateral sulcus. ... Synonym: funiculus anterior. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculus dorsalis
Synonym for posterior funiculus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculus gracilis
Synonym for fasciculus gracilis ... gracile fasciculus ...

funiculus lateralis
Synonym for lateral funiculus ... The lateral white column of the spinal cord between the lines of exit and entrance of the anterior and posterior nerve roots. ... Synonym: funiculus lateralis, anterolateral column of spinal cord, lateral funiculus of spinal cord. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculus posterior
Synonym for posterior funiculus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculus separans
An oblique ridge in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain, separating the area postrema from the vagal trigone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funiculus solitarius
Synonym for solitary tract ... A slender, compact fibre bundle extending longitudinally through the dorsolateral region of the medullary tegmentum, surrounded by the nucleus of the solitary tract, below the obex decussating over the central canal, and descending over some distance into the upper cervical segments of the spinal cord. It is composed o …

funiculus spermaticus
Synonym for spermatic cord ... <anatomy> A group of structures which go through the inguinal canal to the testis. The structures include the vas deferens, arteries, veins, lymphatic vessels, and nerves. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

funiculus teres
Synonym for medial eminence ... Longitudinal elevation of the rhomboid fossa, extending along either side of the midline throughout the length of the rhombencephalon; made up of named elevations such as the facial colliculus and the hypoglossal and vagal trigones. ... Synonym: eminentia medialis, eminentia teres, funiculus teres, round eminence. ... ( …

funiculus umbilicalis
Synonym for umbilical cord ... The flexible structure, giving passage to the umbilical arteries and vein, which connects the embryo or foetus to the placenta. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

funiform
Ropelike. ... Origin: L. Funis, cord, + forma, shape ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funipuncture
Synonym: cordocentesis. ... Origin: L. Funis, cord, + puncture ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funis
Synonym: umbilical cord. ... 2. A cordlike structure. ... Origin: L. A rope, cord ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funnel
1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel. ... 2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like. ... <chemical> Funnel box, one of the ropes or rods steadyin …

funnel breast
Synonym for pectus excavatum ... Caved-in chest. Usually an unimportant isolated finding evident at birth. (Funnel chest can occasionally be part of a connective tissue disorder such as Marfan syndrome). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

funnel chest
A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

funnel-shaped pelvis
A pelvis in which the pelvic inlet dimensions are normal, but the outlet is contracted in the transverse or in both transverse and anteroposterior diameters. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

funny bone
As in it tickled my funny bone. When the elbow is bumped, the ulnar nerve rnning past the elbow is stimulated and produces a strange (funny) electric sensation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

FUO
Synonym for fever of unknown origin ... Fever in which the aetiology cannot be ascertained. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fur
1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser. ... 2. The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs. ... 3. Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament. ... 4. Articles of clothing made of fur; as, …

fura-2
<chemical> A fluorescent calcium chelating agent which is used to study intracellular calcium in many tissues. ... The fluorescent and chelating properties of fura-2 aid in the quantitation of endothelial cell injury, in monitoring ATP-dependent calcium uptake by membrane vesicles, and in the determination of the relationship between cytoplasm …

furagin
<chemical> Nitrofuran derivative anti-infective agent used for urinary tract infections. ... Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, urinary. ... Chemical name: 2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 1-((3-(5-nitro-2-furanyl)-2-propenylidene)amino)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

furaldehyde
<chemical> Chemical name: 2-Furancarboxaldehyde ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

furaltadone
Furmethonol; nitrofurmethone; a complex morpholino-furfuryl-oxazolidone;an antibacterial agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furan
A cyclic compound found, usually in saturated form, in those sugars with an oxygen bridge between carbon atoms 1 and 4, or 2 and 5, or 3 and 7, for which reason they are known as furanoses. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furanose
<biochemistry> A simple sugar that contains a furan ring (a monocyclicether ring with four carbons and one oxygen atom). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

furanose ring
<chemistry> A five-membered cyclic haemiacetal or hemiketal of a carbohydrate. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...

furazolidone
<chemical> A nitrofuran derivative with antiprotozoal and antibacterial activity. It has been used in giardiasis and in bacterial intestinal infections. Furazolidone acts by gradual inhibition of monoamine oxidase. ... Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local, anti-infective agents, urinary, antitrichomonal agents, monoamine oxidas …

furcal
Forked. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furcal nerve
Synonym for 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) ...

furcation defects
Conditions in which a bifurcation or trifurcation of the molar tooth root becomes denuded as a result of periodontal disease. It may be followed by tooth mobility, temperature sensitivity, pain, and alveolar bone resorption. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

furfur
An epidermal scale; e.g., dandruff. ... Origin: L. Bran ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furfuraceous
Branny, or composed of small scales; denoting a form of desquamation. ... Synonym: pityroid. ... Origin: L. Furfuraceus, fr. Furfur, bran ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furfural
C4H3O-CHO; C4H3O-CHO;a colourless, aromatic, irritating fluid obtained in the distillation of bran with dilute sulfuric acid; used in the manufacture of medicinal agents. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furfurol reaction
Production of a red colour on addition of furfurol to a solution of aniline. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furfuryl
The monovalent radical derived from furfuryl alcohol by loss of the OH group. ... Furfuryl alcohol, 2-furanmethanol; 2-hydroxymethylfuran;a solvent and wetting agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furin
<protein> Subtilisin like eukaryotic endopeptidase with substrate specificity for consensus sequence Arg X Lys/Arg Arg at the cleavage site. ... Furin is known to activate the haemagglutinin of fowl plague virus and will cleave the HIV envolope glycoprotein (gp160) into two portions, gp120 and gp41, a necessary step in making the virus fusion …

furious rabies
The form or stage of rabies in which the animal is markedly hyperactive, characterised by periods of agitation, thrashing, running, snapping, or biting. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furnace
An enclosed chamber or container used to burn biomass in a controlled manner to produce heat for space or process heating. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

furnacemen's cataract
Synonym for infrared cataract ... A cataract secondary to absorption of heat by the lens, or by transmission from the adjacent iris. ... Synonym: furnacemen's cataract, glassworker's cataract. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furnish
1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house …

furniture
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. 'The form and all the furniture of the earth.' (Tillotson) 'The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds.' (M. Arnold) ... 2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, …

furor epilepticus
Attacks of anger to which epileptic individuals are occasionally subject, occurring without apparent provocation and without disturbance of consciousness. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furosemide
Synonym for frusemide ... <drug> Potent diuretic that increases the excretion of sodium, potassium and chloride ions and inhibits their resorption in the proximal and distal renal tubules. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

furred tongue
Synonym for coated tongue ... A tongue with a whitish layer on its upper surface, composed of epithelial debris, food particles, and bacteria; often an indication of indigestion or of fever. ... Synonym: furred tongue. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furrow
1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. ... 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. ... Origin: OE. Forow, forgh, furgh, AS. Furh; akin to D …

fursultiamin
<chemical> N-((4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl)-n-(4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-(((tetrahydro-2-furanyl)methyl)dithio)-1-butenyl)formamide. Compound used for therapy of thiamine deficiency. It has also been suggested for several non-deficiency disorders but has not yet proven useful. ... Chemical name: Formamide, N-((4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidin …

furuncle
<dermatology> A Staphylococcal skin infection which involves a hair follicle, often referred to as a boil or a furuncle. A group of boils is known as a carbuncle. ... Symptoms and findings include a tender pea-sized (or larger), red nodule, may ooze pus or weep. ... Treatment includes warm, wet compresses several times a day. Oral or topical an …

furuncular
Relating to a furuncle. ... Synonym: furunculous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furunculoid
Resembling a furuncle. ... Origin: furunculus + G. Eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furunculosis
1. <microbiology> The persistent sequential occurrence of furuncles over a period of weeks or months. ... 2. <dermatology> The simultaneous occurrence of a number of furuncles. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

furunculous
Synonym for furuncular ... Relating to a furuncle. ... Synonym: furunculous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

furunculus
Synonym: furuncle. ... Origin: L. A petty thief, a boil, dim. Of fur, a thief ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fury
Origin: L. Furia, fr. Furere to rage: cf. F. Furie. Cf. Furor. ... 1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm. Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired. ... 2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. 'Fury of the wind.' 'I do oppose my …

furylfuramide
<chemical> Alpha-2-furyl-5-nitro-2-furanacrylamide. Used formerly as antimicrobial food additive. It causes mutations in many cell cultures and may be carcinogenic. ... Pharmacological action: carcinogens, food preservatives, mutagens. ... Chemical name: 2-Furanacetamide, alpha-((5-nitro-2-furanyl)methylene)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

fusaric acid
<chemical> A powerful toxin produced by fungiin the genus Fusarium which damages plants, causing symptoms such a leaf wilting, browning, and inhibited enzyme production. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

fusarium
<fungus> Fusarium is a genus of imperfect fungi (order Hypocreales), some members of this genus are extremely pathogenic to plants and animals. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

fusarium oxysporum
<fungus> A fungal species that causes plant diseases such as pea, cotton, banana and tomato wilts. ... (05 Jan 1998) ...

fusarium solani
<fungus> A fungal species that causes plant diseases such as potato and squash wilts. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

fuseau
A fusiform or spindle-shaped, multiseptate macroconidium. ... Origin: Fr. Spindle fr. L. Fusus ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

fused kidney
A single, anomalous organ produced by fusion of the renal anlagen. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...