| fascinous | Caused or acting by witchcraft. "Fascinous diseases." Origin: L. Fascinum witchcraft, akin to fascinare. See Fascinate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fascio- | A fascia. Origin: L. Fascia, a band or fillet (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciodesis | Surgical attachment of a fascia to another fascia or a tendon. Origin: fascio-+ G. Desis, a binding together (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciola | Origin: See Fasciole. <anatomy> A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fasciola cinerea | A small paired band that passes around the splenium of the corpus callosum from the lateral longitudinal stria to the dentate gyrus. Synonym: gyrus fasciolaris, fascia cinerea, fasciola cinerea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fasciola gigantica | A species, resembling Fasciola hepatica but of larger size, found in herbivores, especially in Africa, where it also infects humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciola hepatica | A species of helminth commonly called the sheep liver fluke. It occurs in the biliary passages, liver, and gallbladder during various stages of development. Snails and aquatic vegetation are the intermediate hosts. Occasionally seen in man, it is most common in sheep and cattle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fasciolar | Relating to the gyrus fasciolaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciolar gyrus | A small paired band that passes around the splenium of the corpus callosum from the lateral longitudinal stria to the dentate gyrus. Synonym: gyrus fasciolaris, fascia cinerea, fasciola cinerea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciole | <zoology> A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea. Origin: L. Fasciola a little bandage. See Fascia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fascioliasis | Helminth infection of the liver caused by species of fasciola. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fasciolid | A member of the family Fasciolidae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciolidae | A family of flukes of the class trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: fasciola, fasciolopsis, fascioloides, tenuifasciola, parafasciolopsis, and protofasciola. The adult form of fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Fascioloides magna | A species of fasciolid flukes found in the lungs and liver of deer and sometimes cattle in North America; it is not known to infect humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascioloidiasis | Infection of cattle and other herbivores with the giant liver fluke fascioloides magna. It is characterised by extensive destruction of the liver parenchyma. (12 Dec 1998) |