| furniture | 1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. "The form and all the furniture of the earth." (Tillotson) "The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds." (M. Arnold) 2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc. 3. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc. Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase. 4. A mixed or compound stop in an organ; sometimes called mixture. Origin: F. Fourniture. See Furnish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| furoin | <chemistry> A colourless, crystalline substance, C10H8O4, from furfurol. See: Furfurol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| furor epilepticus | Attacks of anger to which epileptic individuals are occasionally subject, occurring without apparent provocation and without disturbance of consciousness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furosemide | <drug> Potent diuretic that increases the excretion of sodium, potassium and chloride ions and inhibits their resorption in the proximal and distal renal tubules. (05 Jan 1998) |
| furostanol glycoside 26-O-beta-glucosidase | <enzyme> From costus speciosus rhizomes; specifically cleaves the c-26-bound glucose moiety of furostanol glycosides Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- Synonym: f26g enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| furred tongue | A tongue with a whitish layer on its upper surface, composed of epithelial debris, food particles, and bacteria; often an indication of indigestion or of fever. Synonym: furred tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furrow | 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. Origin: OE. Forow, forgh, furgh, AS. Furh; akin to D. Voor, OHG. Furuh, G. Furche, Dan. Fure, Sw. Fra, Icel. For drain, L. Porca ridge between two furrows. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fursultiamin | <chemical> N-((4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl)-n-(4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-(((tetrahydro-2-furanyl)methyl)dithio)-1-butenyl)formamide. Compound used for therapy of thiamine deficiency. It has also been suggested for several non-deficiency disorders but has not yet proven useful. Chemical name: Formamide, N-((4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl)-N-(4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-(((tetrahydro-2-furanyl)methyl)dithio)-1-butenyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| furuncle | <dermatology> A Staphylococcal skin infection which involves a hair follicle, often referred to as a boil or a furuncle. A group of boils is known as a carbuncle. Symptoms and findings include a tender pea-sized (or larger), red nodule, may ooze pus or weep. Treatment includes warm, wet compresses several times a day. Oral or topical antibiotics may be indicated in some cases. (27 Sep 1997) |
| furuncular | Relating to a furuncle. Synonym: furunculous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furunculoid | Resembling a furuncle. Origin: furunculus + G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| furunculosis | 1. <microbiology> The persistent sequential occurrence of furuncles over a period of weeks or months. 2. <dermatology> The simultaneous occurrence of a number of furuncles. (05 Jan 1998) |
| furunculous | Relating to a furuncle. Synonym: furunculous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furunculus | Synonym: furuncle. Origin: L. A petty thief, a boil, dim. Of fur, a thief (05 Mar 2000) |
| fury | Origin: L. Furia, fr. Furere to rage: cf. F. Furie. Cf. Furor. 1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm. Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired. 2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. "Fury of the wind." "I do oppose my patience to his fury." (Shak) 3. The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides. "The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him." (Emerson) 4. One of the Parcae, or Fates, especially. Atropos. "Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life." (Milton) 5. A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant. Synonym: Anger, indignation, resentment, wrath, ire, rage, vehemence, violence, fierceness, turbulence, madness, frenzy. See Anger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |