| fretting | Abrasive polishing and wear of two metallic surfaces at their interface due to repetitive motion. Origin: M.E., fr. O.E. Fretan, to devour (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fretum | A strait; a constriction. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freud | Sigmund, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, 1856-1939, founder of psychoanalysis. See: freudian, freudian fixation, freudian psychoanalysis, freudian slip, Freud's theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freud's theory | A comprehensive theory of how personality is formed and develops in normal and emotionally disturbed individuals; e.g., that an attack of conversion hysteria is due to a psychic trauma which was not adequately reacted to at the time it was received, and persists as an affect memory. See: psychoanalysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| freudian | Adjective from the name of the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). (12 Dec 1998) |
| freudian psychoanalysis | The theory and practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy as developed by Freud, based on: 1) his theory of personality, which postulates that psychic life is made up of instinctual and socially acquired forces, or the id, the ego, and a superego, each of which must constantly accommodate to the other; 2) his discovery that the free association technique of verbalizing for the analyst all thoughts without censoring any of them is the therapeutic tactic which reveals the areas of conflict within a patient's personality; 3) that the vehicle for gaining this insight and next, on this basis, readjusting one's personality is the learning a patient does as he first develops a stormy emotional bond with the analyst (transference relationship) and next successfully learns to break his bond. (05 Mar 2000) |
| freudian theory | <psychology> Philosophic formulations which are basic to psychoanalysis. Some of the conceptual theories developed were of the libido, repression, regression, transference, id, ego, superego, oedipus complex, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| freund's adjuvant | The complete version of this immunostimulating adjuvant contains heat-killed tuberculosis bacteria emulsified in white mineral oil. It is used in immunological research involving lab animals, but not in humans, since it could cause allergic responses or autoimmune problems. The bacterial cells are omitted in the incomplete verson of the adjuvant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Freund's anomaly | A narrowing of the upper aperture of the thorax by shortening of the first rib and its cartilage; formerly believed to predispose to tuberculosis because of defective expansion of the lung apex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freund's complete adjuvant | Water-in-oil emulsion of antigen, to which killed mycobacteria or tuberculosis bacteria are added. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freund's incomplete adjuvant | Water-in-oil emulsion of antigen, without mycobacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freund's operation | Total abdominal hysterectomy for uterine cancer, chondrotomy to relieve Freund's anomaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freund, Jules | <person> U.S. Bacteriologist, 1891-1960. See: Freund's complete adjuvant, Freund's incomplete adjuvant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freund, Wilhelm | <person> German gynecologist, 1833-1918. See: Freund's anomaly, Freund's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Frey's hairs | Short hair's of varying degrees of stiffness, set at right angles into the end of a light wooden handle; used for assessing sensation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free energy |
The usable energy in the bonds of a molecule. 116
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| free radical |
molecule that has an uneven number of electrons which causes it to become unbalanced. The unbalanced molecule then tries to steal electrons from another molecule to make itself more stable. This starts a chain reaction that can harm the cells of the body.
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| Frederick |
Chief Inspector of the British Columbia Provincial Police, in the time of Jack Myers.
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| Freud |
The eldest of Fifi's children, and the group's dominant male. A massive 26-year-old, Freud spends a lot of his time swaggering around, looking macho. "That's to assert his dominance," Charlotte explains. "But he's very gentle. All the females love him - they're always grooming him. He also does a lot to keep relationships smooth within the group."
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France conducted 193 nuclear tests at Mururoa and Fangataufla atolls in the South Pacific between 1963 and 1996. Before that the French tested their bombs in Algeria until that country's civil war and independence. Admiral Jean Moulin, the commander of French forces in Polynesia, voiced fears that cracks in the atolls (due to the testing could collapse), causing tidal waves. ...
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| FRE | (biology) not parasitic on another organism |
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| FRE | of livestock and domestic poultry |
| FRE | a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture |
| FRE | a wind instrument with a free reed |
| FRE | where slavery was prohibited |
| FRE | characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech |
| FRE | (of animals) able to swim about |
| FRE | unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) |
| FRE | something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme) |
| FRE | something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme) |
| FRE | the uppermost watertight deck |
| FRE | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |