| FC | fasciculus cuneatus; fast component [of a neuron]; febrile convulsions; feline conjunctivitis; ferri... |
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| FGG | fibrinogen gamma; focal global glomerulosclerosis; fowl gamma-globulin |
| FPV | feline pseudoleukopenia virus; fowl plague virus |
| CR | calculation rate; calculus removed; calorie-restricted; cardiac rehabilitation; cardiac resuscitatio... |
| MRBC | monkey red blood cell; mouse red blood cell |
| human genome | The full collection of genes in a human being. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| human genome initiative | <molecular biology> Collective name for several projects begun in 1986 by the Department of Energy to create an ordered set of DNA segments from known chromosomal locations, develop new computational methods for analysing genetic map and DNA sequence data, and develop new techniques and instruments for detecting and analysing DNA. This initiative is now known as the Human Genome Program. The national effort, led by DOE and National Institute of Health, is known as the Human Genome Project. (09 Oct 1997) |
| human genome project | <molecular biology> A worldwide project to determine the DNA sequence of all the DNA in humans, funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the European Commission (EC), and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The project will be completed in stages, beginning with a genetic map of man and a sequencing of all human cDNA. As part of the Human Genome Project, the genomes of several other plant and animal models are being studied. (14 Nov 1997) |
| game fowl | <zoology> A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea fowl | <ornithology> Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dorking fowl | <zoology> One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table. Origin: From the town of Dorking in England. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fowl | Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [OE. Foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. Fugol; akin to OS. Fugal D. & G. Vogel, OHG. Fogal, Icel. & Dan. Fugl, Sw. Fogel, fagel, Goth. Fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. Fly, or akin to E. Fox, as being a tailed animal. 1. Any bird; especially, any large edible bird. "Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air." (Gen. I. 26) "Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not." (Matt. Vi. 26) "Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts." (Shak) 2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. "Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl." (Blackstone) Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds. Origin: Fowled; Fowling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fowl cholera | A destructive disease of domestic fowls caused by Pasteurella multocida. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fowl diphtheria | An infection by the fowlpox virus in which tracheal involvement is especially severe. See: fowlpox. Synonym: fowl diphtheria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fowl erythroblastosis | <veterinary> An expression of disease of the avian leukosis-sarcoma complex; characterised by severe anaemia and large numbers of erythroblasts in the blood; chickens are most susceptible but fatal natural infections have been reported in guinea fowl. Synonym: fowl erythroblastosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fowl erythroblastosis virus | avian leukosis-sarcoma complex |
| fowl leukosis | A group of transmissible, virus-induced diseases of chickens, characterised by proliferation of immature erythroid, myeloid, or lymphoid cells. It includes both leukaemic and solid-tumour forms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fowl lymphomatosis | avian lymphomatosis |
| fowl lymphomatosis virus | avian leukosis-sarcoma complex |
| fowl myeloblastosis virus | avian leukosis-sarcoma complex |