| fasciolopsiasis | Parasitization by any of the flukes of the genus Fasciolopsis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Fasciolopsis | A genus of very large intestinal fasciolid flukes. Origin: Fasciola + G. Opsis, form, appearance (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fasciolopsis buski | The large intestinal fluke, a species found in the intestine of humans in eastern and southern Asia; transmitted via ingestion of water chestnuts or other vegetation contaminated with infective metacercariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fasciolopsis rathouisi | A species reported from China in a few cases in the intestine or liver; possibly the same as Fasciolopsis buski. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascioplasty | Plastic surgery of a fascia. Origin: fascia + G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciorrhaphy | Suture of a fascia or aponeurosis. Synonym: aponeurorrhaphy. Origin: fascio-+ G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| fasciotomy | Incision through a fascia; used in the treatment of certain vascular disorders and injuries when marked swelling is anticipated which could compromise blood flow; fasciotomy may be combined with embolectomy in the treatment of acute arterial embolism. Origin: fascio-+ G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascitis | Inflammation of the fascia (a lining tissue under the skin that covers a surface of underlying tissues). (12 Dec 1998) |
| fashion | 1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold. "Here the loud hammer fashions female toys." (Gay) "Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age." (Cowper) 2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; with to. "Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people." (Spenser) 3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. "Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight." (Locke) 4. To forge or counterfeit. <machinery> Fashioning needle, a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it. Origin: Cf. F. Faconner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fashionable | 1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress. 2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions. 3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man. 4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. "Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fassaite | <chemical> A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fast | 1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door. "There is an order that keeps things fast." (Burke) 2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. "Outlaws . . . Lurking in woods and fast places." (Spenser) 3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend. 4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colours. 5. Tenacious; retentive. "Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells." (Bacon) 6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound. "All this while in a most fast sleep." (Shak) 7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse. 8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, especially. In the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." . Fast and loose pulleys, to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door. Origin: OE, firm, strong, not loose, AS. Fst; akin to OS. Fast, D. Vast, OHG. Fasti, festi, G. Fest, Isel. Fastr, Sw. & Dan. Fast, and perh. To E. Fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv, Fast, v, Avast. 1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably. "We will bind thee fast." (Judg. Xv. 13) 2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. Fast by, or Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand. "He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by." (Milton) "Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides." (Pope) Origin: OE. Faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. Faste. See Fast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fast component | <molecular biology> A segment of eukaryotic DNA consisting of highly-repeated nucleotide sequences which, when the entire duplex DNA molecule is denatured (the double-stranded helix comes apart and becomes single strands) and then allowed to renature (the complementary single strands come together to form a helix), will be the first segment to renature. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fast green FCF | An acid arylmethane dye widely used in histology and cytology and less subject to fading than light green FCF which it has replaced in many procedures; used as a quantitative cytochemical stain for histones at alkaline pH after acid extraction of DNA, and also in electrophoresis as a protein stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fast neutron | <physics> Neutron with energy greater than roughly 100,000 electron volts (100 keV). Distinguished from slow or thermal neutrons. (09 Oct 1997) |