| funis | Synonym: umbilical cord. 2. A cordlike structure. Origin: L. A rope, cord (05 Mar 2000) |
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| funk | An offensive smell; a stench. Origin: OE. Funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. Funk touchwood, G. Funke spark, and perh. To Goth. Fn fire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| funnel | 1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel. 2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like. <chemical> Funnel box, one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel. Origin: OE. Funel, fonel, prob. Through OF. Fr, L. Fundibulum, infundibulum, funnel, fr. Infundere to pour in; in in + fundere to pour; cf. Armor. Founil funnel, W. Ffynel air hole, chimney. See Fuse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| funnel breast | Caved-in chest. Usually an unimportant isolated finding evident at birth. (Funnel chest can occasionally be part of a connective tissue disorder such as Marfan syndrome). (12 Dec 1998) |
| funnel chest | A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax. (12 Dec 1998) |
| funnel-shaped pelvis | A pelvis in which the pelvic inlet dimensions are normal, but the outlet is contracted in the transverse or in both transverse and anteroposterior diameters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| funnelform | <botany> Having the form of a funnel, or tunnel; that is, expanding gradually from the bottom upward, as the corolla of some flowers; infundibuliform. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| funny bone | As in it tickled my funny bone. When the elbow is bumped, the ulnar nerve rnning past the elbow is stimulated and produces a strange (funny) electric sensation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| FUO | Fever in which the aetiology cannot be ascertained. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fur | 1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser. 2. The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs. 3. Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament. 4. Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc). "Wrapped up in my furs." (Lady M. W. Montagu) 5. Any coating considered as resembling fur; as: A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water. 6. One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. Origin: OE. Furre, OF. Forre, fuerre, sheatth, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. Fuotar lining, case, G. Futter; akin to Icel. Fr lining, Goth. Fdr, scabbard; cf. Skr. Ptra vessel, dish. The German and Icel. Words also have the sense, fodder, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. Fodder food, Fother, Forel. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. <zoology> Fur seal one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska. Synonym: sea bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fura-2 | <chemical> A fluorescent calcium chelating agent which is used to study intracellular calcium in many tissues. The fluorescent and chelating properties of fura-2 aid in the quantitation of endothelial cell injury, in monitoring ATP-dependent calcium uptake by membrane vesicles, and in the determination of the relationship between cytoplasmic free calcium and oxidase activation in rat neutrophils. Pharmacological action: chelating agents, fluorescent dyes. Chemical name: 5-Oxazolecarboxylic acid, 2-(6-(bis(carboxymethyl)amino)-5-(2-(2-(bis(carboxymethyl)amino)-5-methylphenoxy)ethoxy)-2-benzofuranyl)-5-oxazolecarboxylic acid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| furagin | <chemical> Nitrofuran derivative anti-infective agent used for urinary tract infections. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, urinary. Chemical name: 2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 1-((3-(5-nitro-2-furanyl)-2-propenylidene)amino)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| furaldehyde | <chemical> Chemical name: 2-Furancarboxaldehyde (12 Dec 1998) |
| furaltadone | Furmethonol; nitrofurmethone; a complex morpholino-furfuryl-oxazolidone;an antibacterial agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furan | A cyclic compound found, usually in saturated form, in those sugars with an oxygen bridge between carbon atoms 1 and 4, or 2 and 5, or 3 and 7, for which reason they are known as furanoses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundus |
The part of the eye the doctor examines with a fundoscope is called the fundus of the eye: retina, macula, fovea, optic disc and retinal blood vessels.
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| fugue |
polyphonic form in counterpoint style based upon the principle of the imitation (see), where a principal and a secondary theme are expressed by the voices or instruments according to a logical tonal scheme.
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| fulminant hepatitis |
a severe and rapidly progressive form of hepatitis accompanied by hepatocellular death and hepatic failure.
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| fuse |
mixing the genes; sharing of the ablities.
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| fungus |
A plant-like organism that does not make chlorophyll. Mushrooms, yeasts, and molds are examples. The plural is fungi.
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| FU | thunderous verbal attack |
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| FU | (CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid |
| FU | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| FU | in an unctuous manner |
| FU | smug self-serving earnestness |
| FU | excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm |
| FU | American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815) |
| FU | a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium |
| FU | annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base |
| FU | annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers |
| FU | vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers |
| FU | delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers |