| Frohn's reagent | Bismuth subnitrate (1.5) and water (20.0) heated to boiling, to which hydrochloric acid (10.0) and potassium iodide (7.0) are added; used to test for alkaloids and for sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Froin | Georges, French physician, 1874-1932. See: Froin's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Froin's syndrome | <syndrome> An alteration in the cerebrospinal fluid, which is yellowish and coagulates spontaneously in a few seconds after withdrawal, owing to its greatly increased protein (albumin and globulin) content; noted in loculated portions of the subarachnoid space isolated from spinal fluid circulation by an inflammatory or neoplastic obstruction. Synonym: loculation syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frolement | 1. Light friction or massage with the palm of the hand. 2. A rustling sound heard in auscultation. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frolic | Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry. "The frolic wind that breathes the spring." (Milton) "The gay, the frolic, and the loud." (Waller) Origin: D. Vroolijk; akin to G. Frolich, fr. Froh, OHG. Fr, Dan. Fro, OS. Frh, cf. Icel. Frr swift; all perh. Akin to Skr. Pru to spring up. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Froment | Jules, Lyon physician, 1878-1946. See: Froment's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Froment's sign | <clinical sign> Flexion of the distal phalanx of the thumb when a sheet of paper is held between the thumb and index finger in ulnar nerve palsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Frommel | Richard, German gynecologist, 1854-1912. See: Chiari-Frommel syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fron'tated | Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frond | <botany> A leaf especially of a fern, cycad or palm, a leaf-like portion of a non-vascular plant (for example a foliose alga). (06 Mar 1998) |
| frondation | <botany> The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning. Origin: L. Frondatio, from frons. See Frond. (06 Mar 1998) |
| frondent | <botany> Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree. Origin: L. Frondens, p. Pr. Of frondere to put forth leaves. See Frond. (06 Mar 1998) |
| frondesce | To unfold leaves, as plants. Origin: L. Frondescere, inchoative fr. Frondere. See Frondent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frondescence | <botany> The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves. The act of bursting into leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frondiferous | Producing fronds. Origin: L. Frondifer frons a leafy branch + ferre to bear: cf. F. Frondifere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |