| AAF | acetylaminofluorene; ascorbic acid factor; African American Female |
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| AF | abnormal frequency; acid-fast; adult female; afebrile; aflatoxin; albumin-free; albumose-free; aldeh... |
| BF | bentonite flocculation; bile flow; black female; blastogenic factor; blister fluid; blood flow; body... |
| bf | black female; bouillon filtrate [tuberculin] |
| B/F | black female; bound/free [antigen ratio] |
| female pseudohermaphroditism | Pseudohermaphroditism with skeletal and genital anomalies but with female gonads and an XX karyotype. Synonym: androgynism, androgyny. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| female rhymes | Double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree (strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last being short (motion, ocean), is called female. Female screw, the spiral-threaded cavity into which another, or male, screw turns. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| female sterility | The inability of the female to conceive, due to inadequacy in structure or function of the genital organs. Synonym: infecundity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| female urethra | A canal about 4 cm long passing from the bladder, in close relation with the anterior wall of the vagina and having a long axis that parallels that of the vagina, opening in the vestibule of the vagina posterior to the clitoris and anterior to the vaginal orifice. Synonym: urethra feminina, urethra muliebris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| female urethral syndrome | <syndrome, urology> Symptoms of a urinary tract infection although the urine is sterile when analysed. This suggests the infection is localised to the urethra (urethritis). Treated with antibiotics. (27 Sep 1997) |
| fertility agents, female | Compounds which increase the capacity to conceive in females. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urethral crest of female | A conspicuous longitudinal fold of mucosa on the posterior wall of the urethra. Synonym: crista urethralis femininae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adeno-associated virus | <virology> A genus of viruses in the family Parvoviridae which are all defective viruses (unable to replicate by themselves) and depend on the co-infection of their host cell by other, nondefective viruses to help them replicate. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aids-associated nephropathy | Renal syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients characterised by nephrotic syndrome, severe proteinuria, focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis with distinctive tubular and interstitial changes, enlarged kidneys, and peculiar tubuloreticular structures. The syndrome is distinct from heroin-associated nephropathy as well as other forms of kidney disease seen in HIV-infected patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| antigens, tumour-associated, carbohydrate | Carbohydrate antigens expressed by malignant tissue. They are useful as tumour markers and are measured in the serum by means of a radioimmunoassay employing monoclonal antibodies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| associated | Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined. <physiology> Associated movements, consensual movements which accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| associated antagonist | One of two muscles or groups of muscles which pull in nearly opposite directions, but which, when acting together, move the part in a path between their diverging lines of action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| associated macrophage | A mature macrophage in an active metabolic state that is cytotoxic to tumour/target cells, usually following exposure to certain cytokines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| associated movements | Normal involuntary limp movements that accompany voluntary movement, e.g., arm swing with walking. (05 Mar 2000) |
| p60 tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated kinase | <enzyme> Interacts with and causes phosphorylation of the cytoplasmic domain of the tnf receptor Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: p60 tnf receptor-associated kinase, p60-trak (26 Jun 1999) |