| Fleisch, Alfred | <person> Swiss physician and physiologist, *1892. See: Fleisch pneumotachograph. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Fleischer's ring | An incomplete ring often present at the base of the keratoconus cone; it may be yellow or greenish from deposition of haemosiderin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fleischer's vortex | Congenital whorl-like opacities in the cornea. Synonym: Fleischer's vortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fleischer, Bruno | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1874-1965. See: Fleischer's ring, Fleischer's vortex, Kayser-Fleischer ring, Fleischer-Strumpell ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fleischer-Strumpell ring | A greenish yellow pigmented ring encircling the cornea just within the corneoscleral margin, seen in hepatolenticular degeneration, due to copper deposited in Descemet's membrane. Synonym: Fleischer-Strumpell ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fleischmann's bursa | <anatomy> An inconstant serous bursa at the level of the frenulum linguae, between the surface of the genioglossus muscle and the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth. Synonym: bursa sublingualis, Fleischmann's bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fleischmann, Friedrich Ludwig | <person> 19th century German anatomist. See: sublingual bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fleischner lines | <radiology> Long line shadows (fibrotic scar) from invagination of pleura at the base of the collapse resulting in pseudofissure, seen in pulmonary infarction (12 Dec 1998) |
| fleischner sign | <radiology> Wide gap between thickened patulous ileocaecal valve and narrowed ulcerated terminal ileum, inverted umbrella defect, associated with tuberculous involvement of the ileocaecum (12 Dec 1998) |
| Fleischner, Felix | Austrian-American radiologist, 1893-1969. See: Fleischner lines. (05 Mar 2000) |