| flush | <clinical sign> Transient, episodic redness of the face and neck caused by certain diseases, ingestion of certain drugs or other substances, heat, emotional factors or physical exertion. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| flush end | <molecular biology> The ends of a blunt-end DNA molecule, where both strands in the double-stranded DNA molecule are even with each other rather than one strand being longer than the other. (09 Oct 1997) |
| flush technique | <procedure> A technique for determining the systolic blood pressure in infants; the elevated limb is milked of blood from the hand or foot proximally; the blood pressure cuff is then inflated above the likely systolic pressure and the limb lowered; the cuff pressure is then gradually released until the blanched limb flushes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flusher | 1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water. 2. <zoology> The red-backed shrike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flushing | <clinical sign> Transient redness of the face and neck caused by cutaneous vasodilation due to a variety of causes, such as drugs, alcohol, and carcinoid tumours. It does not include blushing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fluspirilene | <chemical> A long-acting injectable antipsychotic agent used for chronic schizophrenia. Pharmacological action: antipsychotic agents, dopamine antagonists. Chemical name: 1,3,8-Triazaspiro(4.5)decan-4-one, 8-(4,4-bis(4-fluorophenyl)butyl)-1-phenyl- (12 Dec 1998) |