| Foster frame | A reversible bed similar to a Stryker frame. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Moore, Robert Foster | <person> British ophthalmologist, 1878-1963. See: Moore's lightning streaks. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kennedy, Robert Foster | <person> U.S. Neurologist, 1884-1952. See: Kennedy's syndrome, Foster Kennedy's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foster | Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc, to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc, as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. Foster babe, or child, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. Foster brother, Foster sister, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. Foster dam, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. Foster earth, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. Foster father, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. Foster land. Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. One's adopted country. Foster lean [foster + AS. Laen a loan See Loan], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. Foster mother, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. Foster nurse, a nurse; a nourisher. Foster parent, a foster mother or foster father. Foster son, a male foster child. Origin: AS. Foster, fostor, nourishment. See Foster. 1. To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. "Some say that ravens foster forlorn children." (Shak) 2. To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius. Origin: OE. Fostren, fr. AS. Foster, fostor, food, nourishment, fr. Foda food. 75. See Food. To be nourished or trained up together. A forester. One who, or that which, fosters. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| foster home care | Private families who care for neglected children or patients unable to care for themselves. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Foster Kennedy's syndrome | <syndrome> Ipsilateral optic atrophy with central scotoma and contralateral choked disk or papilledema, caused by a meningioma of the ipsilateral optic nerve. Synonym: Foster Kennedy's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Balkan frame | An overhead frame, supported on uprights attached to the bedposts or to a separate stand, from which a splinted limb is slung in the treatment of fracture or joint disease. Synonym: Balkan beam, Balkan splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blocked reading frame | A sequence of DNA that cannot be translated into a viable protein; usually due to the interruption by one or more termination codons. Synonym: closed reading frame. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bradford frame | An oblong rectangular frame made of pipe, over which are stretched transversely two strips of canvas; permits trunk and lower extremities of a bed-ridden patient to move as a unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reading frame | One of the three possible ways of reading a nucleotide sequence. As the genetic code is read in nonoverlapping triplets (codons) there are three possible ways of translating a sequence of nucleotides into a protein, each with a different starting point. For example: given the nucleotide sequence: AGCAGCAGC, the three reading frames are: AGC AGC AGC, GCA GCA, CAG CAG. (18 Nov 1997) |
| reading frame, open | An open reading frame in DNA has no termination codon, no signal to stop reading the nucleotide sequence, and so may be translated into protein. (12 Dec 1998) |
| closed reading frame | A sequence of DNA that cannot be translated into a viable protein; usually due to the interruption by one or more termination codons. Synonym: closed reading frame. (05 Mar 2000) |
| picture frame vertebra | Radiographically diminished density of trabecular bone with relative preservation of the cortex, a sign of osteopenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Whitman's frame | A frame similar to the Bradford frame, but with curved sides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| space frame | Three-dimensional optical bench that holds laser components stable from vibrational and thermal excursions. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Stryker frame | A frame that holds the patient and permits turning in various planes without individual motion of parts. (05 Mar 2000) |