| flush end | <molecular biology> The ends of a blunt-end DNA molecule, where both strands in the double-stranded DNA molecule are even with each other rather than one strand being longer than the other. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| flush technique | <procedure> A technique for determining the systolic blood pressure in infants; the elevated limb is milked of blood from the hand or foot proximally; the blood pressure cuff is then inflated above the likely systolic pressure and the limb lowered; the cuff pressure is then gradually released until the blanched limb flushes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flusher | 1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water. 2. <zoology> The red-backed shrike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flushing | <clinical sign> Transient redness of the face and neck caused by cutaneous vasodilation due to a variety of causes, such as drugs, alcohol, and carcinoid tumours. It does not include blushing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fluspirilene | <chemical> A long-acting injectable antipsychotic agent used for chronic schizophrenia. Pharmacological action: antipsychotic agents, dopamine antagonists. Chemical name: 1,3,8-Triazaspiro(4.5)decan-4-one, 8-(4,4-bis(4-fluorophenyl)butyl)-1-phenyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| flutamide | <drug, oncology> An androgen receptor blocker which is used to treat excessive hairiness in men and women. (09 Oct 1997) |
| flutamide miki wu | <drug> An androgen receptor blocker which is used to treat excessive hairiness in men and women. (05 Jan 1998) |
| flute instability | <radiobiology> Term used to describe an interchange instability in which the perturbation is uniform parallel to the magnetic field. In cylindrical geometry, the structure resembles a fluted column (as in classical architecture). Occurs in some mirror machines. (09 Oct 1997) |
| flutemouth | <zoology> A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flutter | <clinical sign> A rapid vibration or pulsation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| flutter-fibrillation | Mixture of atrial flutter (FF) waves and fibrillation (ff) waves in the electrocardiogram. Synonym: fibrilloflutter, flutter-fibrillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flutter-fibrillation waves | The waves of atrial flutter usually best seen in ECG leads 2, 3, and AVF. (A small f indicates atrial fibrillation). Synonym: fibrillary waves, fibrillatory waves, flutter-fibrillation waves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluvents | <ecology> Floodplain soils, characterised by buried horizons and irregularly decreasing amounts of organic matter with depth. (05 Jan 1998) |
| fluvial | Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant. Origin: L. Fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. Fluere to flow: cf.F. Fluvial. See Fluent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fluviatile | Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants. Origin: L. Fluviatilis, fr. Fluvius river: cf. F. Fluviatile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |