| floc | A colloquial term for the product of a flocculation, i.e., the separation of the disperse phase of a colloidal suspension into discrete, usually visible particles, as in certain serologic precipitin tests. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| floccillation | <medicine> A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; an alarming symptom in acute diseases. Origin: L. Floccus a flock of wool. Cf. Flock of wool. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| floccose | 1. Bearing tufts of soft hairs or wool which tend to rub off and adhere in small masses. Spotted with small tufts like wool. 2. <botany> Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous. Origin: L. Floccosus. Cf. 2d Flock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flocculable | Capable of undergoing flocculation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| floccular | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the flocculus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| floccular fossa | An irregular depression on the posterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone just below its crest and above and lateral to the internal acoustic meatus. In the foetus, the flocculus of the cerebellum rests here; in the adult, a small vein enters the bone here. Synonym: fossa subarcuata, floccular fossa, hiatus subarcuatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flocculate | <geology> To aggregate into small lumps. Origin: Flocculated; Flocculating. <zoology> Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flocculation | The rapid precipitationof large amounts of a solute out of a solvent. (09 Oct 1997) |
| flocculation reaction | A form of precipitin reaction in which precipitation occurs over a narrow range of antigen-antibody ratio, due chiefly to peculiarities of the antibody (precipitin). (05 Mar 2000) |
| flocculation test | A form of precipitin reaction in which precipitation occurs over a narrow range of antigen-antibody ratio, due chiefly to peculiarities of the antibody (precipitin). (05 Mar 2000) |
| flocculation tests | Precipitin tests in which precipitation occurs over a narrow range of antigen-antibody ratio, due chiefly to peculiarities of the antibody (precipitin). (12 Dec 1998) |
| floccule | Origin: NL, dim. Of L. Floccus a lock or flock of wool. <anatomy> A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flocculence | The rapid precipitationof large amounts of a solute out of a solvent. (09 Oct 1997) |
| flocculent | 1. Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. 2. <ornithology> Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds. See: Flock of wool. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flocculonodular | See: flocculonodular lobe. (05 Mar 2000) |