| cf | centrifugal force; bring together, compare [Lat. confer] |
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| CPF | clot-promoting factor; complication probability factor; contraction peak force; current patient file... |
| EMF | electromagnetic flowmeter; electromotive force; Emergency Medicine Foundation; endomyocardial fibros... |
| emf | electromotive force |
| ESFL | end-systolic force-length relationship |
shelf force
| forced feeding | Giving liquid food through a nasal tube passed into the stomach, forcing a person to eat more food than desired. Synonym: forced alimentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| forced grasping reflex | An involuntary flexion of the fingers to tactile or tendon stimulation on the palm of the hand, producing an uncontrollable grasp; usually associated with frontal lobe lesions. Compare: darwinian reflex. Synonym: forced grasping reflex, grasp reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forced respiration | Voluntary hyperventilation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forced vital capacity | Vital capacity measured with the subject exhaling as rapidly as possible; data relating volume, expiratory flow, and time form the basis for other pulmonary function tests, e.g., flow-volume curve, forced expiratory volume, forced expiratory time, forced expiratory flow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forceless | Having little or no force; feeble. "These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| forceps | 1. <instrument> A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc. A pliers-like medical instrument used to grasp tissue. 2. <zoology> The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See Dressing. Origin: L. Forceps, -cipis, from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to E. Heave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| forceps anterior | Frontal radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends forward toward the frontal pole of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps minor, forceps anterior, frontal part of corpus callosum, pars frontalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forceps delivery | Assisted birth of the child by an instrument designed to grasp the foetal head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forceps major | Occipital radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends sharply backward into the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps major, forceps posterior, occipital part of corpus callosum, pars occipitalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forceps minor | Frontal radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends forward toward the frontal pole of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps minor, forceps anterior, frontal part of corpus callosum, pars frontalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forceps posterior | Occipital radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends sharply backward into the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps major, forceps posterior, occipital part of corpus callosum, pars occipitalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forceps, obstetrical | An instrument designed as an aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. (12 Dec 1998) |
| forcer | 1. One who, or that which, forces or drives. 2. <mechanics> The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cohesive force | <physics> An intermolecular force between like molecules, important in the phenomenon of surface tension. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| component of force | One of the factors from which a resultant force may be compounded or into which it may be resolved, one of the vectors into which a force may be resolved. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coriolis force | The apparent deflection (coriolis acceleration) of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth, attributed to a fictitious force (coriolis force) but actually caused by the rotation of the earth. In a medical context it refers to the physiological effects (nausea, vertigo, dizziness, etc.) felt by a person moving radially in a rotating system, as a rotating space station. (12 Dec 1998) |
| coulomb's force | <radiobiology> See Coulomb's Law. Synonym: electrostatic force. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pound force | (sometimes abbreviated lb(f)) A force which will accelerate one pound mass at a rate of 32.2 ft/second(2). (05 Dec 1998) |
| proton-motive force | Energy that is generated by the transfer of protons or electrons across an energy-transducing membrane and that can be used for chemical, osmotic, or mechanical work. Proton-motive force can be generated by a variety of phenomena including the operation of an electron transport chain, illumination of a purple membrane, and the hydrolysis of ATP by a proton atpase. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychic force | In psychoanalysis, a hypothetical mental force, analogous to the physical concept of energy, which enables and vitalises an individual's psychological activity. See: libido. Synonym: psychic force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nerve force | An obsolete terms denoting the property of nerve tissue to conduct stimuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dispersion force | Forces of attraction between atoms or nonpolar molecules that result from the formation of induced dipoles. Sometimes referred to as London dispersion forces. Important in the DLVO theory of colloid flocculation and thus in theories of cell adhesion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| dynamic force | <radiobiology> Typically defined as the ability to do work. Power is the rate at which work is done, or the rate at which energy is changed. Work characterises the degree to which the properties of a substance are transformed. Energy exists in many forms, which can be converted from one to another in various ways. Examples include: gravitational energy, electrical energy, magnetic and electric field energy, atomic binding energy (a form of electrical energy really), nuclear binding energy, chemical energy (another form of electrical energy), in addition to these forms of potential energy there are also kinetic energy (energy due to motion), and thermal energy (heat, a form of kinetic energy where the motion is due to thermal vibrations/motions), and so on. (09 Oct 1997) |
| occlusal force | The result of muscular force applied on opposing teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrodynamic force | London Van der Waals forces: See: DLVO theory. (18 Nov 1997) |
| electromagnetic force | <physics> One of the fundamental forces of interaction which influences charged entities. In quantum field theory, the electromagnetic force is mediated by particles of exchange called (virtual) photons. Photons are massless and travel at the speed of light c. The electromagnetic force obeys an inverse square law, which makes sense because it is mediated by particles that have an infinite lifetime (special-relativistically, time stops in a frame moving at c when observed from a non-moving frame). (05 Jan 1998) |
| electromotive force | The force (measured in volts) that causes the flow of electricity from one point to another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrostatic force | <radiobiology> Like charges in close proximity produce forces of repulsion between them. Consequently if two surfaces bear appreciable and approximately equal densities of charged groups on their surfaces appreciable forces of repulsion may occur between them. The range of these forces is determined in the main by the ionic strength of the intervening medium, forces being of minimal range at high ionic strength. The forces are effective over approximately twice the double layer thickness. See: DLVO theory. (18 Nov 1997) |
| forced vital capacity |
(FVC) vital capacity measured when the patient is exhaling with maximum speed and effort.
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| forced expiratory volume |
Spirometry, the most common of the Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs), is the measurement of lung function, specifically the measurement of the amount (volume) and speed (flow) of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. Spirometry is an important tool used for assessing lung diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, and COPD. ...
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| forced vital capacity |
Spirometry, the most common of the Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs), is the measurement of lung function, specifically the measurement of the amount (volume) and speed (flow) of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. Spirometry is an important tool used for assessing lung diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, and COPD. ...
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| forced cycle |
a cardiac cycle that is interrupted by a forced beat.
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| forceps |
[FOUR-seps] a tool for picking up small insect or arachnid specimens; tweezers.
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| force | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically |
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| force | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
| force | take by force |
| force | urge or force (a person) to an action |
| force | move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| force | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" |
| force | cause to move back by force or influence |
| force | mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings |
| force | the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it |
| force | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events |
| force | emit with force of effort |
| force | force with the thumb |