| feed-forward activation | The activation of an enzyme by a precursor of the substrate of that enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| forward | 1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. 2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter. Origin: Forwarded; Forwarding. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| forward conduction | Conduction in the expected normal direction between any cardiac structures. Synonym: antegrade conduction, forward conduction, orthograde conduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forward heart failure | A concept (formerly considered mutually exclusive of backward heart failure) that maintains that the phenomena of congestive heart failure result from the inadequate cardiac output, and especially from the consequent inadequacy of renal blood flow with resulting retention of sodium and water. Compare: backward heart failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forward mutation | Any mutation which renders a formerly functional gene nonfunctional. Compare: back mutation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| balancing side condyle | In dentistry, the mandibular condyle on the side away from which the mandible moves in a lateral excursion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular condyle | The posterior process on the ramus of the mandible composed of two parts: a superior part, the articular portion, and an inferior part, the condylar neck. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medial condyle | Condyle closest to midline. Synonym: condylus medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial condyle of femur | The shorter condyle closest to the midline. Synonym: condylus medialis femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial condyle of tibia | The shorter condyle closest to the midline. Synonym: condylus medialis tibiae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condyle | A rounded articular surface at the extremity of a bone. Synonym: condylus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condyle cord | A line through the two mandibular condyles around which the mandible may rotate during a part of the opening movement. Synonym: condyle cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condyle of humerus | The distal end of the humerus, including the trochlea, capitulum and the olecranon, coronoid and radial fossae. Synonym: condylus humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condyle path | The path traveled by the mandibular condyle in the temporomandibular joint during the various mandibular movements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| working side condyle | In dentistry, the mandibular condyle on the side toward which the mandible moves in a lateral excursion. (05 Mar 2000) |