| 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, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc). "Wrapped up in my furs." (Lady M. W. Montagu) 5. Any coating considered as resembling fur; as: A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water. 6. One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. Origin: OE. Furre, OF. Forre, fuerre, sheatth, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. Fuotar lining, case, G. Futter; akin to Icel. Fr lining, Goth. Fdr, scabbard; cf. Skr. Ptra vessel, dish. The German and Icel. Words also have the sense, fodder, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. Fodder food, Fother, Forel. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. <zoology> Fur seal one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska. Synonym: sea bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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 cytoplasmic free calcium and oxidase activation in rat neutrophils. Pharmacological action: chelating agents, fluorescent dyes. Chemical name: 5-Oxazolecarboxylic acid, 2-(6-(bis(carboxymethyl)amino)-5-(2-(2-(bis(carboxymethyl)amino)-5-methylphenoxy)ethoxy)-2-benzofuranyl)-5-oxazolecarboxylic acid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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 oxidase inhibitors. Chemical name: 2-Oxazolidinone, 3-(((5-nitro-2-furanyl)methylene)amino)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| furbelow | A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment. Origin: Prov. F. Farbala, equiv. To F. Falbala, It. Falbala. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| furcal | Forked. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furcal 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) |
| furcula | <anatomy> A forked process; the wishbone or furculum. Origin: L, a forked prop, dim. Of furca a fork. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| furculum | <ornithology> The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles. Origin: NL, dim. Of L. Furca a fork. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |