| FC | fasciculus cuneatus; fast component [of a neuron]; febrile convulsions; feline conjunctivitis; ferri... |
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| LSC | late systolic click; left side colon cancer; left subclavian; lichen simplex chronicus; liquid scint... |
| PAS | 1) Periodic Acid-Schiff Stain 2) Para-Amino-Salicyclic Acid &nbs... |
| DSD | depression spectrum disease; discharge summary dictated; dry sterile dressing |
| EADS | early amnion deficit spectrum or syndrome |
| flat pelvis | A pelvis in which the anteroposterior diameter is uniformly contracted, the sacrum being dislocated forward between the iliac bones. Synonym: pelvis plana. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| flat plate | Jargon for plain film. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flat revertant | <cell biology> Variant of a malignant transformed animal tissue cell in which the characteristic high saturation density and piled up morphology have reverted to the flatter morphology associated with nontransformed cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| flat top waves | Activity in the electroencephalogram having a pattern suggesting a flat top; these wave's are often found in temporal lobe discharges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flat wart | A smooth, flat, flesh-coloured wart of small size, occurring in groups, seen especially on the face of the young; often associated with common warts of the hands, due to human papilloma virus, commonly, types 3 and 10. Synonym: flat wart, plane wart, verruca plana juvenilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption spectrum | <chemistry> A graph of the amount of light a substance absorbs, plotted as a fuction of energy, frequency or wavelength. (15 Jan 1998) |
| antimicrobial spectrum | See: spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| broad spectrum | <pharmacology> Often used to describe an antibiotic that is effective against a wide range of microorganisms. (13 Nov 1997) |
| broad spectrum antibiotic | An antibiotic having a wide range of activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Raman spectrum | The characteristic array of light produced by the Raman effect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visible spectrum | That part of electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye; it extends from extreme red, 7606 A |
| chromatic spectrum | The continuum of colours that white light forms on passing through a prism or diffraction grating. Synonym: colour spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colour spectrum | The continuum of colours that white light forms on passing through a prism or diffraction grating. Synonym: colour spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wide spectrum | See: spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| continuous spectrum | A spectrum in which there are no absorption bands or lines. (05 Mar 2000) |