| 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) |
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| 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) |
| flooded | A condition in which the soil surface is temporarily covered with flowing water from any source, such as streams overflowing their banks, runoff from adjacent or surrounding slopes, inflow from high tides or any combination of sources. (09 Oct 1997) |
| flooding | The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess. 2. <medicine> An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| floodplain | Relatively flat surfaces adjacent to active stream or river channels, formed by deposition of sediments during major floods. The floodplain may be covered by water during floods: 100-year floodplain: That area that would be covered by water during the 100-year flood event. Historic floodplain: An area larger than the 100-year floodplain. (05 Dec 1998) |