| Fuc | <biochemistry> L fucose (6 deoxy L galactose) is found as a constituent of N glycan chains of glycoproteins, it is the only common L form of sugar involved. D fucose is usually encountered as a synthetic galactose analogue. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| Fuchs' adenoma | <tumour> A benign epithelial tumour of the non-pigmented epithelium of the ciliary body, rarely exceeding 1 mm in diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fuchs' black spot | An area of pigment proliferation in the macular region in degenerative myopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fuchs' coloboma | A congenital inferior crescent on the choroid at the edge of the optic disk; not associated with myopia. Synonym: congenital conus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuchs' endothelial dystrophy | Disorder caused by loss of endothelium of the central cornea. It is characterised by hyaline endothelial outgrowths on descemet's membrane, epithelial blisters, reduced vision, and pain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Fuchs' epithelial dystrophy | Epithelial oedema secondary to endothelial dystrophy of the cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by heterochromia of the iris, iridocyclitis, keratic precipitates, and cataract. Synonym: Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fuchs' syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by heterochromia of the iris, iridocyclitis, keratic precipitates, and cataract. Synonym: Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fuchs' uveitis | Anterior uveitis and depigmentation of the iris. Synonym: Fuchs' uveitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fuchs, Ernst | <person> Austrian ophthalmologist, 1851-1930. See: Fuchs' adenoma, angle of Fuchs, Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis, Fuchs' coloboma, Fuchs' epithelial dystrophy, Fuchs' black spot, Fuchs' spur, Fuchs' stomas, Fuchs' syndrome, Fuchs' uveitis, Dalen-Fuchs nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuchsia | Origin: NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist. <botany> A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fuchsin | A non-specific term referring to any of several red rosanilin dyes used as stains in histology and bacteriology. Origin: Leonhard Fuchs, German botantist, 1501-1506 (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuchsin agar | Nutrient agar containing lactose, alcoholic solution of fuchsin, sodium sulfite, and soda solution, used as a culture medium to differentiate Salmonella typhi from coliform bacteria. Synonym: fuchsin agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuchsin bodies | Small, discrete, variably sized, spherical, intracytoplasmic, acidophilic, hyaline body's that stain deeply with fuchsin; they occur frequently in plasma cells in chronic inflammation, where they are believed to consist of gamma-globulin. Synonym: fuchsin bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuchsine | <chemistry> Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green colour superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline. Origin: Named by the French inventor, from Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |