| hypoxia warning system | A device designed to produce an audio or visual signal at a predetermined level of oxygen partial pressure; ideally, the system would warn of impending hypoxia in time for corrective action to be taken. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| flood | 1. To bleed profusely from the uterus, as after childbirth or in cases of menorrhagia. 2. Colloquialism for a profuse menstrual discharge. Origin: A.S. Flod (05 Mar 2000) |
| flood fever | See Typhus, scrub. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Flood's ligament | <anatomy> A band of the coracohumeral ligament, attached to the lower part of the lesser tuberosity of the humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flood, Valentine | <person> Irish anatomist and surgeon, 1800-1847. See: Flood's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |