| Flatau, Edward | <person> Polish neurologist, 1869-1932. See: Flatau-Schilder disease, Flatau's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Flatau-Schilder disease | Term used to describe at least two separate disorders described by Schilder: 1) Diffuse sclerosis or encephalitis periaxialis diffusa; a nonfamilial disorder affecting primarily children and young adults and characterised by progressive dementia, visual disturbances, deafness, pseudobulbar palsy, and hemiplegia or quadriplegia. Most patients die within a few years of onset; pathologically, there is a large, asymmetrical area of myelin destruction, sometimes involving an entire cerebral hemisphere, and typically with extension across the corpus callosum. 2) The leukodystrophies. Synonym: encephalitis periaxialis diffusa, Flatau-Schilder disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flatbill | <zoology> Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flatfish | <zoology> Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; especially, the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flatfishes | Common name for the order pleuronectiformes. A very distinctive group in that during development they become asymmetrical, i.e., one eye migrates to lie adjacent to the other. They swim on the eyeless side. Flounder, sole, and turbot, along with several others, are included in this order. (12 Dec 1998) |
| flatfoot | A condition in which one or more of the arches of the foot have flattened out so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot. (12 Dec 1998) |
| flathead | <ethnology> A Chinook Indian. See Chinook. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flatter | 1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. 2. <chemistry> A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flatulence | <symptom> The presence of excessive amounts of air or gases in the stomach or intestine, leading to distention of the organs. Origin: L. Flatulentia (18 Nov 1997) |
| flatulent | 1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. "Vegetables abound more with aerial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent." (Arbuthnot) 3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumour. 4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. "He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry." (Dryden) Origin: L. Flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. Flare to blow: cf. F. Flatulent. See Blow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flatulent dyspepsia | Dyspepsia with frequent eructations of swallowed air, sometimes without underlying organic disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flatus | Origin: L, fr. Flare to blow. 1. A breath; a puff of wind. 2. Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flatus enema | An enema of magnesium sulfate in glycerin and warm water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flatus vaginalis | Expulsion of gas from the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flatworm | <organism> The tapeworms or cestodes, are ribbon-shaped segmented worms which inhabit the intestinal tract of many vertebrates (including humans). most tapeworm infections occur in Africa, Yugoslavia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Mexico and parts of South America and Russia. Some forms may be contracted from infected dogs or cats (more common in children) by ingestion of infected fleas. Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) is occasionally encountered in immigrants or visitors from endemic areas. Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) is seen more often, especially in those who consume raw beef. Some tapeworms have been known to live up to 20 years and exceed 10 metres in length. Often asymptomatic infestations, but unexplained weight loss, symptoms of pernicious anaemia and the presence of white eggs or ribbon-like segments of worm in stools can be seen in some. (13 Nov 1997) |
| flatworm |
parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
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| flat bone |
part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone
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| flatulency |
flatulence: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
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| flatulent |
generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
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| flat affect |
lack of signs expressing affect.
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| flat | having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another |
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| flat | (photography) lacking contrast or shading between tones |
| flat | without pleats |
| flat | parallel to the ground |
| flat | stretched out and lying at full length along the ground |
| flat | not made with leavening |
| flat | (music) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone |
| flat | not increasing as the amount taxed increases |
| flat | not modified or restricted by reservations |
| flat | having lost effervescence |
| flat | lacking stimulating characteristics |
| flat | lacking taste or flavor or tang |