| foreign medical graduates | Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they practice. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| foreign professional personnel | Persons who have acquired academic or specialised training in countries other than that in which they are working. The concept excludes physicians for which foreign medical graduates is the likely heading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foreign protein | A protein that differs from any protein normally found in the organism in question. Synonym: heterologous protein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foreign protein therapy | The injection of a foreign protein to induce fever as a means of treating certain diseases. Synonym: foreign protein therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foreign serum | A serum derived from an animal and injected into an animal of another species or into humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lung foreign body | Any object or material that does not belong in the respiratory tree. Lung foreign bodies most often result from the accidental aspiration of an object or food particle. (27 Sep 1997) |