| feet |
In the context of "comes onto her feet." A vessel becoming upright after heeling to one side or another.
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| fee-splitting |
the division of moneys received by a specialist, such as a surgeon, between himself and the physician who referred the patient to him.
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| feed a. |
a chemical, such as a drug or nutritional supplement, that is added to animal feed.
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| feed-forward |
the anticipatory effect that one intermediate in a metabolic or endocrine control system exerts on another intermediate further along in the pathway; such effect may be stimulatory (positive f.) or inhibitory (negative f.).
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| feedback c. |
a physiological control mechanism operating to regulate the metabolic processes of a cell and thus maintain a constant internal environment, in which the accumulation of the product of a reaction leads to a decrease in its rate of production, or a deficiency of the product leads to an increase in its rate of production.
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