| FACP | <abbreviation> Fellow of the American College of Physicians, or of Prosthodontists. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| FACR | <abbreviation> Fellow of the American College of Radiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| FACS | <abbreviation> 1. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter. 2. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facsimile | Origin: L. Fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere = to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile. A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness. Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| FACSM | <abbreviation> Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| faction | 1. One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colours) in the games of the circus. 2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good. 3. Tumult; discord; dissension. "They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves." (Clarendon) Synonym: Combination, clique, junto. See Cabal. Origin: L. Factio a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. Faction See Fashion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| factitial dermatitis | Self-induced skin lesions resulting from habitual rubbing, scratching or hair-pulling, malingering, or mental disturbance. Synonym: dermatitis autophytica, factitial dermatitis, feigned eruption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| factitious | Artificial; self-induced; not naturally occurring. Origin: L. Factitius, made by art, fr. Facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| factitious disorder | A mental disorder in which the individual intentionally produces symptoms of illness or feigns illness for psychological reasons rather than for environmental goals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| factitious disorders | Disorders characterised by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural. (12 Dec 1998) |
| factitious purpura | Self-induced, often painful, ecchymoses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| factitious urticaria | A form of urticaria in which whealing occurs in the site and in the configuration of application of stroking (pressure, friction) of the skin. Synonym: autographism, dermagraphy, dermatography, dermographia, dermographism, dermography, factitious urticaria, skin writing, urticaria factitia. Origin: dermato-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| factor | <pharmacology> Any of several substances or activities that are necessary to produce a result, for example a coagulation factor. Often, use of the term factor indicates that the chemical nature of the substance or its mechanism of action is unknown, as in endocrinology, where factors are renamed as hormones when their chemical nature is determined. (18 Nov 1997) |
| factor 3 | Operational name given to an incompletely characterised selenium-containing natural product which, in minute amounts, prevents liver damage in rats due to deficiency of vitamin E, factor III in the vitamin B12 series, 5-hydroxybenzimidazole, analogue of the usual B12 nucleotide components. (05 Mar 2000) |
| factor A | A component of the properdin system; a hydrazine-sensitive b1-globulin (mw about 180,000), now known to be C3 (third component of complement). (05 Mar 2000) |
| facetectomy |
A surgery to remove all or part of a facet joint.
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| factor |
The numbers or terms multiplied in an expression.
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| facultative anaerobe |
A bacterium capable of growing under aerobic conditions or anaerobic conditions in the presence of an inorganic ion ie. SO4, NO3.
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| facultative |
Capable of existing under different conditions or using different modes for nutrition. Facultative parasites are organisms that can function either as parasites or as saprophytes (decomposers). Facultative wetland plants can occur in either wetlands or uplands, although they are more abundant in the former.
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| factor |
Number that tells how many times exposure must be increased in order to compensate from loss of light.
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