| FATS | face and thigh squeeze [position for bag mask ventilation] |
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| FDA | fluorescein diacetate; Food and Drug Administration; right frontoanterior [position of the fetus] |
| FDP | fibrin degradation product; fibrinogen degradation product; flexor digitorum profundus; frontodextra... |
| FDT | frontodextra transversa [position of fetus] |
| FLA | fluorescent-labeled antibody; left frontoanterior [position of the fetus] [Lat. fronto-laeva anterio... |
| Rose-Waaler test | A test of historical interest: when sheep red cells are suspended in a concentration of antiserum to sheep red cells which is too low to cause agglutination, the addition of serum from a patient with rheumatoid arthritis will cause agglutination. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dog-rose | <botany> A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oil of rose | A volatile oil from the fresh flowers of Rosa gallica and R. Damascena and other members of the Rosaceae family. Used largely in perfumery; ointments, and toilet preparations. Synonym: attar of rose, essence of rose, otto of rose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| otto of rose | A volatile oil from the fresh flowers of Rosa gallica and R. Damascena and other members of the Rosaceae family. Used largely in perfumery; ointments, and toilet preparations. Synonym: attar of rose, essence of rose, otto of rose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| essence of rose | A volatile oil from the fresh flowers of Rosa gallica and R. Damascena and other members of the Rosaceae family. Used largely in perfumery; ointments, and toilet preparations. Synonym: attar of rose, essence of rose, otto of rose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical position | The erect position of the body with the face directed forward (skull aligned in orbitomeatal or Frankfort plane); the arms at the side and the palms of the hands directed forward; the terms posterior, anterior, lateral, medial, etc., are applied to the parts as they stand related to each other and to the axis of the body when in this position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bozeman's position | Knee-elbow position, the patient being strapped to supports. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Valentine's position | A supine position on a table with double inclined plane so as to cause flexion at the hips; used to facilitate urethral irrigation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular hinge position | Any position of the mandible which exists when the condyles are so situated in the temporomandibular joints that opening or closing movements can be made on the hinge axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genucubital position | A prone position resting on the knees and elbows, assumed for gynecologic or rectal examination or operation. Synonym: genucubital position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genupectoral position | A prone posture resting on the knees and upper part of the chest, assumed for gynecologic or rectal examination. Synonym: genupectoral position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Casselberry position | A prone position assumed when drinking, after intubation, in order to prevent the entrance of fluid into the tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo-Robson's position | A supine position with a thick pad under the loins, causing a marked lordosis in this region; used in operations on the gallbladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centric position | The position of the mandible in its most retruded unstrained relation to the maxillae. See: centric jaw relation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rest position | The usual position of the mandible when the patient is resting comfortably in the upright position and the condyles are in a neutral unstrained position in the glenoid fossae. See: rest relation. Synonym: postural position, postural resting position, rest position. (05 Mar 2000) |